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zygomaxillare

zygomaxillare noun: a craniometric point at the base of the suture between the zygomatic and maxillary bones.

Noun

zygomaxillare (plural zygomaxillaria)

  1. A craniometric point at the base of the suture between the zygomatic and maxillary bones.
    • In order to determine the distance of the zygomaxillare and the first molar from the basion (or prosthion), isosceles triangles were constructed from the measurements, which on one hand had the basion for the apex, the distance connecting both molar middle points as the base and the basion-first...1930, J. D. White, John Hugh McQuillen, George Jacob Ziegler, The Dental Cosmos - Volume 72, Part 1, page 646
    • Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion.1980, York Archaeological Trust, The Archaeology of York, page 21

Forms of zygomaxillare

pluralzygomaxillaria

Origin of zygomaxillare

From zygo- + Latin maxillāris, from maxilla (“jawbone, jaw”).

Questions about zygomaxillare

What does zygomaxillare mean?
Zygomaxillare means a craniometric point at the base of the suture between the zygomatic and maxillary bones.
What part of speech is zygomaxillare?
Zygomaxillare is a noun.
What is the plural of zygomaxillare?
The plural of zygomaxillare is zygomaxillaria.

Words near zygomaxillare in the dictionary

  1. zygomaticus
  2. zygomaticus major
  3. zygomaticus minor
  4. zygomaturine
  5. zygomaturines
  6. zygomaxillare
  7. zygomaxillaria
  8. zygomaxillary
  9. zygomectomy
  10. zygometrid
  11. zygomorph

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