[けんこつ;かんこつ, kenkotsu ; kankotsu] (n) (obsc) (See 頬骨) cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
malar bone \malar bone\ n.
Same as {malar}, n.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
malar \ma"lar\, n. (Anat.)
The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the
orbit; that arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the
prominence of the cheek; also called the {malar bone}.
Syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os
zygomaticum.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malar bone
n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence
of the cheek [syn: {cheekbone}, {zygomatic bone},
{zygomatic}, {malar}, {malar bone}, {jugal bone}, {os
zygomaticum}]