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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Possible fractures to the nose and to the zygoma, he writes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2016
But there is possible damage to the zygoma, the bone beneath the eye.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2016
"Parietal breadth" is the breadth, across the braincase, taken approximately half way between the squamosal root of the zygoma and the external auditory meatus, where there is a lateral bulge in the squamosal bone.
From Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
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
Length of skull about 1-5/12 inches; width at the zygoma, 1¼.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
Certainly not to artificial selection; for most of the modifications named make no appreciable external signs: the width across the zygomata could alone be perceived.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
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
Skull: Size medium; braincase well inflated; zygomata strong, moderately appressed to cranium.
From Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming by John A. White
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: Smooth and rounded; braincase inflated; zygomata strong.
From Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming by John A. White
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