Hyoid - English meaning
Hyoid – definitions in English dictionary
nounA u-shaped bone in the neck which supports the tongue.
Usage examples:
In most vertebrates the hyoid supports the tongue, as it does in the snake-necked turtle.
adjectiveRelating to the hyoid or structures associated with it.
Usage examples:
Speech requires flexibility of the upper airway, including laryngeal and hyoid mobility and separat…
nounA u-shaped bone in the middle of the neck between the chin and the thyroid that supports the tongue and tongue muscles
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Word origin
early 19th century: via French from modern Latin hyoïdes, from Greek huoeidēs ‘shaped like the letter upsilon (υ)’.
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