The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
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Examples for "cheekbone"
Examples for "cheekbone"
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The speaker in my cheekbone crackled and Commander Cortez said, Two minutes.
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It was later revealed Salmon had suffered a broken orbital and cheekbone.
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He had the doctor over there make sure my cheekbone wasn't shattered.
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The bullet from my .44 hit her just over her right cheekbone.
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A pink blotch had formed on the cheekbone under his right eye.
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The face is long, moderately broad, and the zygomatic arches are seldom prominent.
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But the acid ate all the way down to the zygomatic and the maxilla.
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The forward projection of the zygoma and the zygomatic arch often expose them to injury.
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Maxillary rehabilitation can be further improved by using the vascularized bone graft and zygomatic implants.
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Slowly, we extracted the wreckage that had been Ferris's maxillary, zygomatic, nasal, and temporal bones.
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ZMB reconstruction is also important to provide a good contour of malar prominence.
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Not far from the yellow pile his transistor radio was playing rag malar.
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Photosensitivity and a malar dermatitis were the most common features.
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The prominence of the malar (cheek) bones.
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The malar, or cheek bone.
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I suffered a concussion and a hairline fracture of my right zygoma.
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Conclusions: This is the largest reported survey on the repair of zygoma fractures.
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A considerable number of fractures to the upper jaw and zygoma.
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The survey queried training background, zygoma fracture treatment preferences, and rationale.
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The forward projection of the zygoma and the zygomatic arch often expose them to injury.
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Now I'm missing part of my zygomatic bone.
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The skull differs in shape, and greatly in the angle formed by the union of the pre-maxillary, nasal, and maxillo- jugal bones.
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8.-Partof Zygomatic Arch, showing the projecting end of the malar bone and the auditory meatus: of natural size.