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英语单词

zygoma是什么意思

zygoma

英 [zaɪ'gəʊmə; zɪg-] 美 [zɪ'ɡomɚ]
  • n. 颧骨;颧骨突起

英文词源


zygoma (n.)
"bony arch of the cheek," plural zygomata, 1680s, Modern Latin, from Greek zygoma, from zygon "yoke" (see jugular). So called because it connects the bones of the face with those of the skull about the ear.