MALLEUS (mallei)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: mallei   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does malleus mean? 

• MALLEUS (noun)
  The noun MALLEUS has 1 sense:

1. the ossicle attached to the eardrum

  Familiarity information: MALLEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALLEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ossicle attached to the eardrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hammer; malleus

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)

 Context examples 

It is caused by Burkholderia mallei and characterized by ulceration of the respiratory mucosa and an eruption of nodules on the skin.

(Glanders, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Burkholderia mallei.

(Burkholderia mallei, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This anvil-shaped bone is positioned between the malleus and the stapes.

(Incus, NCI Thesaurus)

B mallei is found in contaminated soil, causes Glanders disease in horses, mules, donkeys, and humans, and has been developed and used as a biological weapon by the Germans, Russians and Japanese.

(Burkholderia mallei, NCI Thesaurus)

The middle ear is made up of an air-filled cavity behind the tympanic membrane that contains the ossicles (malleus, incus and stapes).

(Ear, NCI Thesaurus)