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zy·go·mat·ic

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–adjective

1.	of, pertaining to, or situated near the zygoma.

–noun

2.	zygomatic bone.

[Origin: 1700–10; zygomat- (comb. form of zygoma) + -ic

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zy·go·mat·ic Audio Help (zī'gə-māt'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygoma: a zygomatic muscle.

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zygomatic
adjective
1.	of or relating to the cheek region of the face
noun
1.	the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone]

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zygomatic zy·go·mat·ic (zī'gə-māt'ĭk, zĭg'ə-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygoma.

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Main Entry: ¹zy·go·mat·ic
Pronunciation: "zI-g&-'mat-ik
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, constituting, or situatedin the region of the zygomatic bone and the zygomatic arch zygomatic reconstruction involving multiple bone grafts>

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Main Entry: ²zygomatic
Function: noun
: ZYGOMATIC BONE

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Main Entry: ²zygomatic
Function: noun
: ZYGOMATIC BONEn

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Zygomatic

Zyg`o*mat"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. zygomatique.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.

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.

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