Zygoma
pronunciation
How to pronounce Zygoma in British English:
UK [ zaɪ'gəʊmə]
How to pronounce Zygoma in American English:
US [ zaɪ'goʊmə]
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- Noun:
- the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
Word Origin
- zygoma (n.)
- "bony arch of the cheek," plural zygomata, 1680s, Modern Latin, from Greek zygoma, from zygon "yoke" (see jugular). So called because it connects the bones of the face with those of the skull about the ear.