ZYGOMATIC ARCH

 Dictionary entry overview: What does zygomatic arch mean? 

• ZYGOMATIC ARCH (noun)
  The noun ZYGOMATIC ARCH 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: ZYGOMATIC ARCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZYGOMATIC ARCH (noun)

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 ("zygomatic arch" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("zygomatic arch" 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)