zy|go|ma

zy|go|ma «zy GOH muh, zih-», noun, plural -ma|ta «-muh tuh».

1. the bony arch below the socket of the eye in vertebrates, formed by the zygomatic bone (cheekbone) and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone; zygomatic arch.

2. = zygomatic process. (Cf. ↑zygomatic process)

3. = zygomatic bone. (Cf. ↑zygomatic bone)

╂[< New Latin zygoma < Greek zýgōma, -atos < zygón yoke]