The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zygoma \Zy*go"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to yoke, zygo`n a yoke.] (Anat.)
The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.
The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
The whole zygomatic arch.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"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.
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The cheekbone.
WordNet
n. the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone [syn: zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus]
Wikipedia
The term zygoma generally refers to the zygomatic bone, a bone of the human skull commonly referred to as the cheekbone or malar bone, but it may also refer to:
- The zygomatic arch, a structure in the human skull formed primarily by parts of the zygomatic bone and the temporal bone
- The zygomatic process, a bony protrusion of the human skull, mostly composed of the zygomatic bone but also contributed to by the frontal bone, temporal bone, and maxilla
Category:Anatomy
Usage examples of "zygoma".
Then, in the late afternoon, to the school: zygoma, xanthelasma, volvulus, all drained from him, at least, at last, all that ugly shit.
Herbivora, or the vertical cutting one of the flesh-eating mammals, the rodent has a longitudinal motion given by the arrangement of the lower jaw, the condyle of which is not transverse, but parallel with the median line of the skull, and the glenoid fossa, or cavity into which it fits, and which is situated on the under side of the posterior root of the zygoma, is so open in front as to allow of a backwards and forwards sliding action.
It is believed that the spout of the oil-can must have passed under the zygoma to the base of the skull, perforating the great wing of the spheroid bone and penetrating the centrum ovale, injuring the anterior fibers of the motor tract in the internal capsule near the genu.
The plastic surgeon was there to reinforce the back of the orbit and to patch the broken bones around the eye and the zygoma, the bone supporting the cheek.