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zygoma

zygoma noun: the cheekbone.

Noun

zygoma (plural zygomas or zygomata)

  1. The cheekbone.

zygoma meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

zygoma in Tamil

சைகோமா, பொட்டு எலும்பு துருத்தம், மேற்றாடையெலும்புச்சட்டம், நுகவுரு, கன்னத்தின் வளைவெலும்பு, முகஎலும்புகளில் ஒன்று

zygoma in Urdu

گال کی ہڈی

zygoma in Kannada

ಕೆನ್ನೆಲು, ನೊಗೆಲುಬು, ಕೆನ್ನೆಲುವಿನ

Synonyms of zygoma

Forms of zygoma

pluralzygomas
pluralzygomata

Origin of zygoma

From Ancient Greek ζύγωμα (zúgōma), from ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”), a connector for joining animals.

Words formed from zygoma

Questions about zygoma

What does zygoma mean?
Zygoma means the cheekbone.
What is zygoma in Tamil?
Zygoma in Tamil is சைகோமா, பொட்டு எலும்பு துருத்தம், மேற்றாடையெலும்புச்சட்டம். See Zygoma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zygoma?
Zygoma is a noun.
What is the plural of zygoma?
The plural of zygoma is zygomas.

Words near zygoma in the dictionary

  1. zygokrotaphy
  2. zygolith
  3. zygoliths
  4. zygolobous
  5. zygology
  6. zygoma
  7. zygomas
  8. zygomasseteric
  9. zygomata
  10. zygomatic
  11. zygomatic arch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zygoma (page history and authors); zygoma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zygoma (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zygoma (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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