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ZYGOMA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

Synonyms:

arcus zygomaticus; zygoma; zygomatic arch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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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