cheekbone
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cheek·bone
(chēk′bōn′)n.
See zygomatic bone.
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cheekbone
(ˈtʃiːkˌbəʊn)n
(Anatomy) the nontechnical name for zygomatic bone
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cheek•bone
(ˈtʃikˌboʊn)n.
the bony arch that forms the cheek prominence below the eye; zygomatic bone.
[before 1000]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() jugal point, jugale - the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone arcus zygomaticus, zygoma, zygomatic arch - the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone skull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates zygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch |
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cheekbone
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Translations
lícní kost
kindben
sarnaluu
poskiluu
jagodica
ほお骨
광대뼈
ličnica
kindben
โหนกแก้ม
xương gò má
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cheekbone
n → Wangenknochen m, → Jochbein nt (spec)
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cheekbone
→ عَظْمَةُ الوَجْنَة lícní kost kindben Wangenknochen ζυγωματικό pómulo poskiluu pommette jagodica zigomo ほお骨 광대뼈 jukbeen kinnben kość policzkowa maçã do rosto, osso malar скула kindben โหนกแก้ม elmacık kemiği xương gò má 颧骨Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cheekbone
n. carrillo, pómulo, hueso malar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
cheekbone
n pómuloEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.