1.
[syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to the cheek region of the face;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Zygomatic \Zyg`o*mat"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. zygomatique.]
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] Zygomorphic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
zygomatic
adj 1: of or relating to the cheek region of the face
n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence
of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone,
zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os
zygomaticum]