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Malleolus

/maˈliː.əl.əs/

The bony prominence on each side of the ankle joint.

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The bony prominence on each side of the ankle joint.

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medial malleolusnoun	(anatomy) The prominence on the inner side of the ankle, formed by the lower end of the tibia.
malleusnoun	(anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
medial malnoun	(medicine, colloquial) Medial malleolus.
hammernoun	A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
mallenoun	A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
mamelonnoun	(dentistry) A protrusion on a newly erupted tooth.
mallet fingernoun	(medicine) A finger with an extensor tendon injury at the farthest joint, usually caused by excessive bending of the fingertip.
mesolophnoun	(dentistry) A crest in front of the metaflexus, connected to the median mure.
malletnoun	A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
mallet toenoun	Hammer toe when it affects a toe joint furthest from the foot.
metatarsalnoun	Any of the bones of the metatarsus.
mawlenoun	A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
merlonnoun	(architecture, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.
martelinenoun	A small kind of hammer, once used by marble workers and sculptors.
mallendersnoun	Alternative form of malanders. [(veterinary medicine) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse or similar animal.]
metaconidnoun	(dentistry) The mesiolingual cusp of a lower molar tooth.
monticulenoun	Alternative form of monticle. [(now rare) A small mountain, or hillock.]
mulenoun	The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
metastylenoun	(dentistry) A ridge, covered with enamel, on the outer side of a molar tooth in animals such as the horse.
maulnoun	A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.