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hyoid

[ hahy-oid ]

adjective

  1. Also ·Ǿ·岹 [] ·Ǿ·· []. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.


noun

  1. the hyoid bone.

hyoid

/ ˈɪɔɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the hyoid bone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage
  2. a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz··Ǿ adjective
  • ܲ··Ǿ adjective
  • ܲ··Ǿ·e·an adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hyoid1

1700–10; < New Latin ̄ï < Greek ̄DZ𾱻ḗs, shaped like the letter hypsilon (i.e. upsilon), equivalent to ̄- (derivative of letter name ŷ, variant of ŷ; upsilon ) + -DZ𾱻ŧ -oid
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hyoid1

C19: from New Latin ӯï, from Greek ܴDZ𾱻ŧ having the shape of the letter upsilon , from hu upsilon + -oid
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Example Sentences

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The civil suit claims Paredes suffered several bruises and broken bones, including a broken hyoid bone, which is in the front of the neck, and a partially crushed vertebra.

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Another gill arch eventually evolved into a head bone called the hyoid.

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Ms Inglis had sustained a subdural hematoma and a fractured hyoid bone, a horseshoe-shaped bone in the middle of the neck.

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A medical examiner testified that strangulation by hand would have ruptured the hyoid bone, which in this case was intact.

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He noted that Briceno had a broken hyoid bone in his neck, broken blood vessels in both eyes, and blood in his lungs.

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