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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.
[Gr., a joining.] Pertaining to a bone of the head, called also os jugale, or cheek bone, or to the bony arch under which the temporal muscle passes. The term zygoma is applied both to the bone and the arch.

Definition 2024


zygomatic

zygomatic

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zygomatic (comparative more zygomatic, superlative most zygomatic)

  1. 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

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