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Webster 1913 Edition

Zygomatic

Zygˊo-mat′ic

(?; 277)
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Adj.
[Cf. F.
zygomatique
.]
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.
Zygomatic arch
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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.
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Zygomatic process
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a process of the temporal or squamosal bone helping to form the zygomatic arch.

Webster 1828 Edition

Zygomatic

ZYGOMATIC

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Adj.
[Gr., a joining.] Pertaining to a bone of the head, called also os jugale, or cheek bone, or to the bony arch under which the temporal muscle passes. The term zygoma is applied both to the bone and the arch.

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