cheekbone

cheek·bone

C0265700 (chēk′bōn′)n. See zygomatic bone.

cheekbone

(ˈtʃiːkˌbəʊn) n (Anatomy) the nontechnical name for zygomatic bone

cheek•bone

(ˈtʃikˌboʊn)

n. the bony arch that forms the cheek prominence below the eye; zygomatic bone. [before 1000]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cheekbone - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheekjugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bonejugal point, jugale - the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bonebone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebratesarcus zygomaticus, zygoma, zygomatic arch - the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal boneskull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrateszygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch

cheekbone

nounRelated words
technical name zygomatic bone
adjective malar

Translations

颧骨

cheekbone

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