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Definition of Os zygomaticum
1. Noun. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Terms within: Jugal Point, Jugale, Arcus Zygomaticus, Zygoma, Zygomatic Arch, Zygomatic Process
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Group relationships: Skull
Medical Definition of Os zygomaticum
1. A quadrilateral bone which forms the prominence of the cheek; it articulates with the frontal, sphenoid, temporal, and maxillary bone. Synonym: os zygomaticum, cheek bone, jugal bone, mala, malar bone, os malare, yoke bone, zygoma. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Os Zygomaticum
Literary usage of Os zygomaticum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1840)
"In the Ichthyosaurus the os zygomaticum is present as a separate bone, and
resembles in ... The opposite end of the os zygomaticum abuts, as in the Bird and ..."
2. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"... the Choana in two. x., The Articulation of the os zygomaticum with the Oí
Occipitale, y, ... The Sinus for the Globe of the Eye. i, The os zygomaticum. ..."
3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1874)
"Wenzel Gruber lias prepared a Monograph on the Os ZYGOMATICUM ... 208, a
supplementary memoir to that on the os zygomaticum ..."
4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1840)
"In the Ichthyosaurus the os zygomaticum is present as a separate bone, and
resembles in ... The opposite end of the os zygomaticum abuts, as in the Bird and ..."
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