noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The cheekbone.
2. 2
   the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

arcus zygomaticuscheekbonecheekbonemalar bonemalar bonezygomatic arch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζύγωμα (zúgōma), from ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”).

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