zygoma
Americannoun
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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
Portions of the skulls of cats and dogs, which are sometimes picked up on the beach, also bear a rude resemblance to the skull of a cow, the horns being represented by the zygoma.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar
Skull relatively broad interorbitally; zygoma broad and squared; cranium larger in all dimensions than in most other subspecies.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.
The contracted temporal muscle forms a prominence above the zygoma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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.
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 Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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 Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Pertinent measurements of these specimens are, respectively, as follows: condylobasal length, 72.4, 68.8; zygomatic breadth, 50.0, 44.2; width of braincase at constriction behind zygomata, 36.4, 33.8; mastoidal breadth, 44.3, 38.4.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Skull: Large; zygomata strong and arched; braincase well inflated.
From Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming by White, John A.
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