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    MALAR BONE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheekplay

    Synonyms:

    cheekbone; jugal bone; malar; malar bone; os zygomaticum; zygomatic; zygomatic bone

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("malar bone" is a kind of...):

    bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

    Meronyms (parts of "malar bone"):

    jugal point; jugale (the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone)

    arcus zygomaticus; zygoma; zygomatic arch (the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone)

    zygomatic process (a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch)

    Holonyms ("malar bone" is a part of...):

    skull (the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates)

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