Definition of "mallei" []

• Plural of malleus. (noun)

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• "* A contagious, usually fatal disease of horses and other equine species, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and symptomized by swollen lymph nodes, nasal discharge, and ulcers of the respiratory tract and skin."
• "The sterilized products of a culture of the _B. mallei_ are injected beneath the skin of the suspected animal."
• "The superior ligament of the malleus (lig. mallei superius) is a delicate, round bundle which descends from the roof of the epitympanic recess to the head of the malleus."