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ZYGOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zygoma mean?
• ZYGOMA (noun)
The noun ZYGOMA has 1 sense:
1. the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
Familiarity information: ZYGOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arcus zygomaticus; zygoma; zygomatic arch
Hypernyms ("zygoma" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("zygoma" is a part of...):
cheekbone; jugal bone; malar; malar bone; os zygomaticum; zygomatic; zygomatic bone (the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek)
Derivation:
zygomatic (of or relating to the cheek region of the face)
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