The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek; SYN. zygomatic bone, mala, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum.

ETYM New Lat., from Greek zeugnumi to yoke, zygon a yoke.
The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone; SYN. zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus.

A bone of the face below the eye that in mammals forms part of the zygomatic arch and part of the orbit — called also cheekbone.