zygomatic process

noun

A protrusion from the rest of the skull, most of it belonging to the zygomatic bone, but also contributed to by the frontal bone, maxilla and temporal bone.

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Meanings

nounzygomatic process (plural zygomatic processes)

plural zygomatic processes

  1. anatomyA protrusion from the rest of the skull, most of it belonging to the zygomatic bone, but also contributed to by the frontal bone, maxilla and temporal bone.
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