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mylohyoid
[ mahy-loh-hahy-oid ]
adjective
- Also ³¾²â·±ô´Ç·³ó²â·´Ç¾±Â·»å±ð·²¹²Ô [] of, relating to, or situated near the lower molar teeth and the hyoid bone.
noun
- a flat, triangular muscle that forms the floor of the mouth.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mylohyoid1
1685–95; mylo- (< Greek ³¾Ã½±ô´Ç ( s ) molar, literally, mill) + hyoid
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Mylohyoid, mÄ«-lÅ-hī′oid, adj. pertaining to the molar teeth and to the hyoid bone.—n. the mylohyoid muscle.
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Near the common suture of the dentary and the splenial is the large inferior alveolar foramen; completely within the splenial and ventral to the inferior alveolar foramen is the anterior mylohyoid foramen.
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By the Écraseur.—Nunneley of Leeds has recorded cases in which he made a small incision through the skin, and mylohyoid and geniohyoid muscles, and through this passed a curved needle bearing the chain of the écraseur completely round the base of the tongue.
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