1. the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone; [syn: zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
arcus zygomaticus
n 1: the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the
cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the
temporal bone [syn: zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus
zygomaticus]