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Cheekbone

The small prominent bone of the cheek.

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    The small prominent bone of the cheek.

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malanoun(Hinduism, Sikhism) A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.
zygomatic bonenounThe cheekbone.
malar bonenounThe cheekbone.
jugal boneThe jugal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians and birds.
os zygomaticumnounthe arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

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malar bonenounThe cheekbone.
zygomatic bonenounThe cheekbone.
malanoun(Hinduism, Sikhism) A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.
jugal boneThe jugal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians and birds.
os zygomaticumnounthe arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
zygomanoun(anatomy) The cheekbone.
zygomaticumnoun(anatomy) The zygoma, or cheekbone.
cheeknoun(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
jawlinenounThe lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by the jawbone.
chinbonenounThat part of the mandible that forms the chin.
zygomatic(anatomy, relational) Of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygomatic bone or zygomatic arch.
jawbonenoun(countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
buccanoun(anatomy) Synonym of cheek.
jaw-bonenounAlternative spelling of jawbone. [(countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.]
jaw bonenounAlternative spelling of jawbone. [(countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.]
ogeenoun(architecture) A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
lower jawnounThe part of the face below the mouth; the jaw.
buccinatornoun(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
malarnoun(anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.
browbonenounThe orbital ridge of the eye.

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