Malar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  malar \ma"lar\, n. (Anat.)
     The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the
     orbit; that arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the
     prominence of the cheek; also called the {malar bone}.
  
     Syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os


          zygomaticum.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malar \Ma"lar\, a. [L. mala the cheek: cf. F. malaire.] (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the
     malar bone; jugal.
     [1913 Webster]