zygomatic
/ˌzʌɪ.ɡə(ʊ)ˈmat.ɪk/US/ˌzaɪ.ɡəˈmæt.ɪk/
zygomatic adjective: of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygomatic bone or zygomatic arch. Also the ellipsis of zygomatic bone.
Adjective
zygomatic (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygomatic bone or zygomatic arch.
- They show (1) the left orbit and zygomatic arch of President Kennedy magnified from Zapruder frame 2301970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition, page 27
Also used as
zygomatic is also the ellipsis of zygomatic bone.
Forms of zygomatic
| plural | zygomatics |
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Origin of zygomatic
From zygoma + -tic. Doublet of zygomaticus.
Words formed from zygomatic
- bizygomatic
- circumzygomatic
- frontozygomatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- maxillozygomatic
- oculozygomatic
- postzygomatic
- prezygomatic
- retrozygomatic
- sphenozygomatic
- squamozygomatic
- subzygomatic
- suprazygomatic
- temporozygomatic
- zygomatically
- zygomatic arch
- zygomatic bone
- zygomatic muscle
- zygomatic nerve
- zygomatic process
- zygomatic suture
Phrases with zygomatic
Words that rhyme with zygomatic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
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- lymphatic
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
Questions about zygomatic
- What does zygomatic mean?
- Zygomatic means of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygomatic bone or zygomatic arch.
- What part of speech is zygomatic?
- Zygomatic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce zygomatic?
- Zygomatic is pronounced /ˌzʌɪ.ɡə(ʊ)ˈmat.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near zygomatic in the dictionary
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