📖 Definitions of "Hyoids"
noun
- 1
The hyoid bone.
"1973: the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted hyoid? — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hyoid bonenoun | (anatomy) 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. |
| os hyoideumnoun | a u-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles |
| amphistylic | (anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks. |
| apohyalnoun | The horn of the hyoid bone; ceratohyal. |
| bonenoun | (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| ceratohyalnoun | (anatomy) A ceratohyal bone or cartilage which, in humans, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid. |
| drumnoun | (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. |
| frumnoun | (Judaism) Pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism. |
| geniohyoidnoun | (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the geniohyoid muscle. |
| hyo- | — |
| hyoglossusnoun | (anatomy) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the body and the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone. |
| hyoidean | (anatomy, zootomy, relational) Synonym of hyoid. |
| hyomental | (anatomy) Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, or pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary. |
| hyosternal | (anatomy) Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles. |
| hypsiloid | (anatomy) Resembling the Greek letter upsilon. |
| larynxnoun | (anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production. |
| mandibulohyoid | (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch |
| mylohyoidnoun | (anatomy) Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle. |
| omohyoidnoun | (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the omohyoid muscle. |
| oropharynxnoun | (anatomy) The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone. |
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