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Definition of Hyoid
1. Noun. A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the hyoid bone.
Definition of Hyoid
1. a. Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [Υ].
2. n. The hyoid bone.
Definition of Hyoid
1. Adjective. Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon; specifically, designating a bone or group of bones supporting the tongue. ¹
2. Noun. The hyoid bone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hyoid
1. a bone of the tongue [n -S] : HYOIDAL, HYOIDEAN [adj]
Medical Definition of Hyoid
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1. Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyoid
Literary usage of Hyoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"By its deep surface, the anterior belly lies on the Mylo- hyoid ; the posterior
belly on ... The Stylo-hyoid is a small, slender muscle, lying in front of, ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"A deficiency at the fort- part of the muscle is of common occurrence, the origin
not reaching farther forwards than the canine tooth. The genio-hyoid is a ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The medial surface is in relation with the mylo-hyoid and hyoglossus, ...
It overlaps the stylo-hyoid muscle, both bellies of the digastric, and the greater ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1919)
"The genio-hyoid is a thin strip of muscle tissue extending from its origin, just
lateral to the symphysis, to its insertion on the posterior horn of the ..."
5. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1895)
"FRACTURES either of the laryngeal cartilages or of the hyoid hone, being rare
and dangerous injuries. I have thought it well worth while to present a recent ..."
6. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"This usually passes through a perforation of the stylo-hyoid muscle, and in
advance is connected with the side of the hyoid bone by an aponeurotic band, ..."
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