zygoma

Questions about zygoma

What does zygoma mean?

zygoma means "the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone".

How many syllables are in zygoma?

zygoma has 3 syllables and divides as zy-go-ma under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for zygoma?

Close synonyms include zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus. 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 zygoma a common word?

zygoma 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.