The Collaborative International Dictionary
malar bone
malar bone \malar bone\ n. Same as malar, n.
malar bone
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.
Wiktionary
malar bone
n. The cheekbone.
WordNet
malar bone
n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, mala, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]
Usage examples of "malar bone".
On the malar bone as well as the supraorbital ridge were a series of narrow grooves, and on the greater wing of the sphenoid—.