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Definition of: zygoma
(zī·gō'mə) noun plural ·ma·ta (-mə·tə) Anat.
1. The long arch that joins the temporal and malar bones on the side of the skull.
2. The zygomatic bone.
3. The zygomatic process. [<NL <Gk. zygōma <zygon a yoke]
—zy·go·mat·ic (zī'gō·mat'ik) adjective
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