| malamic | <chemistry> Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its salts. Origin: Malic + amic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| malamide | <chemistry> The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a white crystalline substance metameric with asparagine. Origin: Malic + amide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malanders | <veterinary> A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders. Alternative forms: mallenders. Origin: F. Malandres, fr. L. Malandria blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malapterurus | <zoology> A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric. Origin: NL, from Gr. Soft + wing + tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malar | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal. Origin: L. Mala the cheek: cf. F. Malaire. <anatomy> The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malar arch | The arch formed by the temporal process of the zygomatic bone that joins the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. Synonym: arcus zygomaticus, cheek bone, malar arch, zygoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar bone | A quadrilateral bone which forms the prominence of the cheek; it articulates with the frontal, sphenoid, temporal, and maxillary bone. Synonym: os zygomaticum, cheek bone, jugal bone, mala, malar bone, os malare, yoke bone, zygoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar flush | Localised hectic flush and warmth of the malar eminences, often occurring in tuberculosis and sometimes seen in rheumatic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar fold | An ill-defined groove in the skin that extends downward and medially from the lateral canthus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar foramen | The opening on the lateral surface of the zygomatic bone below the orbital margin that transmits the zygomaticofacial nerve. Synonym: foramen zygomaticofaciale, malar foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar lymph node | One of the facial lymph nodes located near the zygomatic minor muscle. Synonym: nodus malaris, malar node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar node | One of the facial lymph nodes located near the zygomatic minor muscle. Synonym: nodus malaris, malar node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar point | Apex of the tuberosity of the zygomatic (malar) bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar process | The rough projection from the maxilla that articulates with the zygomatic bone. Synonym: malar process, processus zygomaticus maxillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malaria | In humans, the set of diseases caused by infection by the protozoans Plasmodium vivax causing the tertian type, P. Malariae the quartan type and P. Falciparum the quotidian or irregular type of disease, the names referring to the frequency of fevers. The fevers occur when the merozoites are released from the erythrocytes. The organisms are transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. (18 Nov 1997) |