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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek;
[syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to the cheek region of the face;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Zygomatic \Zyg`o*mat"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. zygomatique.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma. [1913 Webster] Zygomatic arch, the arch of bone beneath the orbit, formed in most mammals by the union of the malar, or jugal, with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. In the lower vertebrates other bones may help to form it, and there may be two arches on each side of the skull, as in some reptiles. Zygomatic process, a process of the temporal or squamosal bone helping to form the zygomatic arch. [1913 Webster] Zygomorphic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

zygomatic adj 1: of or relating to the cheek region of the face n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]