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Change log entry 95405
Processed by: kbaiko (2026-05-27 14:39:02 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 87359 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
Less than 2,000 G results.

The definition appears ultimately to derive from the English technical term “cryptozygous” (as a calque) rather than from independently attested Chinese usage. ZDIC glosses it as “有着宽阔的头颅和狭窄面部的头骨, 从上面观察时看不见颧弓”, which closely matches Merriam-Webster’s definition of cryptozygous: “having a wide skull and a narrow face so that the zygomatic arches are concealed when the skull is viewed from above”.

https://zdic.net/hans/%E9%9A%90%E9%A2%A7
https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/cryptozygous

I think even the English term is quite rare, let alone the Chinese one. Delete?
Diff:
- 隱顴 隐颧 [yin3 quan2] /a skull with sunken cheek bone/cryptozygous/
By MDBG 2026
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