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zygoma

zy·goma

uncommon

noun

1.

the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

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

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