The noun NINJA has 2 senses: 1. a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu. 2. a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations.
zygoma (zÄ«gÅÂ´mÉ), n 1. a long, slender process of the temporal bone, arising from the lower part of the squamous portion of the temporal bone and passing forward horizontally to join with the malar or zygomatic bone. 2. the zygomatic or malar bone that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Fractures of the zygomatic complex occur because of the rotation of the zygoma associated with the disarticulation of the zygomatic bone at the zygomaticofrontal suture (along the lateral orbital rim), the zygomaticomaxillary suture (medially), and along the zygomatic arch to the temporal bone (see below).