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Webster 1913 Edition
Zygomatic
Zygˊo-mat′ic
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
zygomatique
.] (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.
Zygomatic arch
, 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.
– Zygomatic process
, a process of the temporal or squamosal bone helping to form the zygomatic arch.
Webster 1828 Edition
Zygomatic
ZYGOMATIC
,Adj.
Definition 2024
zygomatic
zygomatic
English
Adjective
zygomatic (comparative more zygomatic, superlative most zygomatic)
- Pertaining to the zygoma.
- 1970: They show (1) the left orbit and zygomatic arch of President Kennedy magnified from Zapruder frame 230 — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition
Derived terms
- zygomatic bone
- zygomaticus
- zygomaticomandibularis
Translations
Pertaining to the zygoma
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