zygoma

English Thesaurus

1. the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone (noun.body)

hypernym	:	bone, os,
definition	:	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body)

part meronym	:	cheekbone, jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone,
definition	:	the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek (noun.body)

derivation	:	zygomatic,
definition	:	of or relating to the cheek region of the face (adj.pert)

derivation	:	zygomatic,
definition	:	of or relating to the cheek region of the face (adj.pert)