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Hyoid

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Adjective, Noun

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hy=oid

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Hyoid has 1 sense

hyoid(n = noun.body) hyoid bone, os hyoideum - a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles; Array

is a kind of bone, os

Adjective Hyoid has 1 sense

hyoid(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the hyoid bone; Array

CIDE DICTIONARY

Hyoid, a. [Gr. fr. the letter e'i^dos form: cf. F. hyoïde.].

Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself. [1913 Webster]

Hyoid arch (Anat.), the arch of cartilaginous or bony segments, which connects the base of the tongue with either side of the skull. -- Hyoid bone (Anat.), the bone in the base of the tongue, the middle part of the hyoid arch.

Hyoid, n.

The hyoid bone.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Hyoid, n. & adj. Anat.
--n. (in full hyoid bone) a U-shaped bone in the neck which supports the tongue.
--adj. of or relating to this.

Etymology

F hyo{iuml}de f. mod.L hyo{iuml}des f. Gk huoeides shaped like the letter upsilon (hu)

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