HYOID BONE


Meaning of HYOID BONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: New Latin hyoides, from Greek hyoeidēs shaped like the letter upsilon (Υ, υ), being the hyoid bone, from y, hy upsilon

Date: circa 1811

: a U-shaped bone or complex of bones that is situated between the base of the tongue and the larynx and that supports the tongue, the larynx, and their muscles — called also hyoid

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