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ZYGOMATIC PROCESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("zygomatic process" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Holonyms ("zygomatic process" 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)