zygoma
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Etymology
Origin of zygoma
1675–85; < New Latin zygōma < Greek zýgōma bolt, bar, equivalent to zygō-, variant stem of zygoûn to yoke 1 ( see zygo-) + -ma noun suffix of result
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But there is possible damage to the zygoma, the bone beneath the eye.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2016
Possible fractures to the nose and to the zygoma, he writes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2016
The maxillary part of the zygoma varies from broad to slender in dorsoventral width in both species.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. Packard
The series extends posteriorly some distance behind the anterior root of the zygoma, almost level with the hind edge of the palate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
In front of the ear, lies the zygoma, one of the most marked and important landmarks to the touch, and in lean persons to the eye.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
In color it is intermediate, but it does not possess the narrowly spreading zygomata of T. s. ohionensis and, in this respect, more nearly approaches T. s. striatus.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
We have examined the specimen and among named kinds find that it most closely resembles T. s. ohionensis in its less widely spreading zygomata, slender incisors and dull-colored pelage.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
The slenderness is especially noticeable in the breadth across the zygomata, mastoids, and rostrum.
From A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys) From Wyoming and Colorado by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
Compared with Cratogeomys castanops rubellus Nelson and Goldman, found to the southeast, goldmani differs in: Body and skull smaller; zygomata less widely flaring; palate shorter; rostrum narrower; maxillary teeth smaller.
Skull: Large, with strong zygomata; braincase well inflated.
From Taxonomy of the Chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus by John A. White
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