MALLEUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: mallei

Meaning:

The ossicle attached to the eardrum

Synonyms:

hammer; malleus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("malleus" is a kind of...):

auditory ossicle (ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear)

Holonyms ("malleus" is a part of...):

middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)