'malar bone' definitions:
Definition of 'malar bone'
(from WordNet)
noun
The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]
Definition of 'malar bone'
From: 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]