zygoma
英 [zaɪ'gəʊmə; zɪg-]
美[zɪ'ɡomɚ]
释义
n. 颧骨；颧骨突起
英文词源
- zygoma (n.)
- "bony arch of the cheek," plural zygomata, 1680s, Modern Latin, from Greek zygoma, from zygon "yoke" (see jugular). So called because it connects the bones of the face with those of the skull about the ear.
英英释意
- 1. the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
