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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to yoke,

ζυγόν

a yoke.]

(Anat.)

(a)

The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.

(b)

The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

(c)

The whole zygomatic arch.

zygoma ‎(plural zygomas or zygomata)

cheekbone — see cheekbone

zygoma m (plural zygomas)

Obsolete spelling of zigoma (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).