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Medical and Healthy Living Glossary - Z

This page of our online glossary of medical and healthy living is for medical and healthy living terms beginning with the letter 'Z'.

• Zinc Oxide - A compound of zinc and oxygen, which forms a soft white soothing powder that is used in creams and lotions.
• Zona Pellucida - The tough, outer membrane or "shell" of a human egg.
• Zygomatic Arch (Zygoma) - The ridge of bone across the temporal bone, which runs between the ear and the bottom of the eye socket.
• Zygomycosis - A disease which is caused by a fungus which infests the blood vessels in the lungs.
• Zygote - A newly fertilized egg.