os zygomaticum

1. 1.

   the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

   Synonymscheekbonezygomatic bonezygomaticmalarmalar bonejugal bone

   Broaderbone

   Part ofskull

   Partsjugalezygomazygomatic process

Questions about os zygomaticum

What does os zygomaticum mean?

os zygomaticum means "the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek".

What is another word for os zygomaticum?

Close synonyms include cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is os zygomaticum a common word?

os zygomaticum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.