Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the temporal fossa and the malar bone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to both the
temple and the region of themalar bone .
Etymologies
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temporo- + malar
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The Zygomatic Nerve (n. zygomaticus; temporomalar nerve; orbital nerve) arises in the pterygopalatine fossa, enters the orbit by the inferior orbital fissure, and divides at the back of that cavity into two branches, zygomaticotemporal and zygomaticofacial.
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