zygomatic

1. 1.

   of or relating to the cheek region of the face

Other forms of zygomatic

plural

zygomatics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about zygomatic

What does zygomatic mean?

zygomatic means "the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zygomatic?

zygomatic has 4 syllables and divides as zy-go-ma-tic 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 zygomatic?

Close synonyms include cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar, malar bone, jugal 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 zygomatic a common word?

zygomatic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.