zygomatic : Idioms & Phrases

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Zygomatic arch

  • noun the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
    arcus zygomaticus; zygoma.
WordNet
  • the arch of bone beneath the orbit, formed in most mammals by the union of the malar, or jugal, with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. In the lower vertebrates other bones may help to form it, and there may be two arches on each side of the skull, as in some reptiles.
Webster 1913

zygomatic bone

  • noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
    jugal bone; malar; malar bone; cheekbone; zygomatic; os zygomaticum.
WordNet

Zygomatic process

  • noun a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch
WordNet
  • a process of the temporal or squamosal bone helping to form the zygomatic arch.
Webster 1913