zygoma

[zahy-goh-muh, zi-]

noun, plural zy·go·ma·ta [zahy-goh-muh-tuh, zi-] /zaɪˈgoʊ mə tə, zɪ-/. Anatomy.

the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

Origin of zygoma

1675–85; < New Latin zygōma < Greek zýgōma bolt, bar, equivalent to zygō-, variant stem of zygoûn to yoke¹ (see zygo-) + -ma noun suffix of result

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Examples from the Web for zygoma

Historical Examples of zygoma

The facial portion of the skull is short, and the zygoma is deep.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
It has, moreover, no zygoma in the skull, and there is no caecum.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
Length of skull about 1-5/12 inches; width at the zygoma, 1¼.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
Robert A. Sterndale
That part of the braincase immediately above posterior root of zygoma is more conspicuously inflated.
Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Natuna Islands
Gerrit Miller
The malar bone is small, and, as in Rodents, forms the middle part of the zygoma.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard

British Dictionary definitions for zygoma

zygoma

noun plural -mata (-mətə)

another name for zygomatic arch

Word Origin for zygoma

C17: via New Latin from Greek, from zugon yoke

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Word Origin and History for zygoma

plural zygomata, 1680s, Modern Latin, from Greek zygoma, from zygon "yoke" (see jugular).

zygoma in Medicine

zygoma

[zī-gō′mə, zĭ-]

n.

zygomatic arch

zygomatic bone