malleolaradj.
/məˈliːələ/, /ˈmalɪələ/, U.S. /məˈliələr/, /ˈmæliələr/ Anatomy.
1. Of, relating to, or supplying a malleolus or the malleoli.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [adjective] > eminence at ankle
malleolar1807
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. I. at Arteria The Tibialis Artica gives off..the internal malleolar [artery].
1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum 299 The malleolar arteries are distributed to the ankle-joint.
1890 Gray's Anat. (ed. 12) 591 The malleolar arteries supply the ankle-joint.
1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. vi. 173/2 The [anterior tibial] artery gives off recurrent branches to the back and front of the knee joint and muscular and malleolar branches in the leg.
1980 Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) iii. 404/1 Behind the articular facet the bone is marked by a roughened depression, the malleolar fossa.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. cxx. 789 They may or may not involve malleolar fractures and are generally the result of severe trauma.
2. Of or relating to the malleus; = mallear adj.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > bones of ear
petrousc1475
petrosal1713
otocranial1848
opisthotic1866
periotic1866
prootic1866
tympano-periotic1870
stapedial1875
incudal1890
tympanomalleal1891
tympanomandibular1891
tympanosquamosal1891
tympanostapedial1900
tympanotemporal1900
malleolar1902
1902 D. J. Cunningham Text-bk. Anat. 706 Two ligamentous folds, the anterior and posterior malleolar folds or ligaments.
1922 W. Wilson Handbk. Aural Surg. 181 The malleus is then removed by encircling it with the ring-knife.., which is pushed upwards to cut through the malleolar ligaments and the tensor tympani muscle.
1943 J. Fischer & L. E. Wolfson Inner Ear v. 191 The capsule of the incudo~malleolar joint is divided.]
1976 Laryngoscope 66 173 Methods and indication to preserve the fixed malleolar head and neck are discussed.
1989 Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol. 68 14 The anterior malleolar ligament, which connects the malleus with the lingula of the mandible.
1997 Jrnl. Orofacial Pain 11 7 The purpose of this study was to determine the structural interrelationship between the temporomandibular joint and the middle ear, in terms of fibrous continuity between the spheno-mandibular ligament of the mandible and the anterior malleolar ligament of the middle ear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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