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hyoid
[ hahy-oid ]
adjective
- 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
- the hyoid bone.
hyoid
/ ˈɪɔɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to the hyoid bone
noun
- the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage
- a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
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Other yvlog Forms
- Dz··Ǿ adjective
- ܲ··Ǿ adjective
- ܲ··Ǿ·e·an adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hyoid1
C19: from New Latin ӯï, from Greek ܴDZŧ having the shape of the letter upsilon , from hu upsilon + -oid
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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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