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ZYGOMA

 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 


ZYGOMA (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

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)


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