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Synonyms for malleus

Most common

ear hammer tripus

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.

    A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.

Related words

Word family
malleable malleal mallear
Is a kind of
otic bone ossicle

Forms

Plural
mallei → hammers, ears, tripodes…

Example sentences

  • ear You're taking the wrong sow by the ear there, pal!
  • hammer I hit the T.V. with a hammer and somehow fixed it.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
malleussteady
earrising
hammersteady
tripusfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ear1
6 letters
hammer2, tripus

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hammer2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
marteau
Italiano
martello
Deutsch
Hammer