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Zygomatic adj. (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.

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Etymology of 'Zygomatic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... made up of three paired bones. First comes the premaxilla (p.m.) (not p.m.1 or p.m.4), containing in the dog, the three incisors of either side. Then comes the maxilla, bearing the rest of the teeth.* The jugal or malar (ju.) reaches over from the maxilla to meet a zygomatic process ( connecting outgrowth) (z.p.) of ...

— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells

Words linked to "Zygomatic" : zygoma, zygomatic arch, zygomatic bone, cheek, zygomatic process, skull, os zygomaticum, bone, malar, malar bone