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ZYGOMATIC ARCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
Synonyms:
arcus zygomaticus; zygoma; zygomatic arch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("zygomatic arch" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("zygomatic arch" is a part of...):
cheekbone; jugal bone; malar; malar bone; os zygomaticum; zygomatic; zygomatic bone (the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek)
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