Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retrozygomatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: retrozy-go-mat-ic
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Aesculapian operation or the space behind the zygomatic bone.

Example Sentences

"Upward extension of infection from the infratemporal space may involve either the retrozygomatic or the temporal space or both."
"When the retrozygomatic approach is used, a part of the mandible or zygoma may be removed or the zygoma may be outfractured to provide for an adequate tunnel."
"Trim these areas to conform to the approximate function of the coronoid process and to the height and width of the retrozygomatic area."

Etymology

From retro- + zygomatic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: retro

Rhymes With

nonmetachromatic herostratic quasimonochromatic thermochromatic kinechromatic ptygmatic chorochromatic dyschromatic chromocratic oncostatic interzygomatic altermatic

Questions

What does retrozygomatic mean?: Of or pertaining to Aesculapian operation or the space behind the zygomatic bone.
Where does retrozygomatic come from?: From retro- + zygomatic.

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