ZYGOMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zygomatic mean? 

• ZYGOMATIC (noun)
  The noun ZYGOMATIC has 1 sense:

1. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

  Familiarity information: ZYGOMATIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ZYGOMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective ZYGOMATIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the cheek region of the face

  Familiarity information: ZYGOMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZYGOMATIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cheekbone; jugal bone; malar; malar bone; os zygomaticum; zygomatic; zygomatic bone

Hypernyms ("zygomatic" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "zygomatic"):

jugal point; jugale (the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone)

arcus zygomaticus; zygoma; zygomatic arch (the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone)

zygomatic process (a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch)

Holonyms ("zygomatic" is a part of...):

skull (the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates)

• ZYGOMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the cheek region of the face

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cheek (either side of the face below the eyes)

Derivation:

zygoma (the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone)

 Context examples 

Movement of the lip corners is governed by the zygomatic major muscle.

(Movement of Lip Corners, NCI Thesaurus)

Seven bones contribute to the structure of the orbit: the frontal, maxillary, zygomatic, sphenoid, lacrimal, ethmoid, and palatine bones.

(Murine Orbit, NCI Thesaurus)