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adjective

Hyoid adj.

Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon.

(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

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.

noun

Hyoid n. The hyoid bone.

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Etymology of 'Hyoid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hyoid" Quotes from Famous Books

... however, to a different portion of the head. In almost all the fish that appear at our tables the space which occurs within the arched sweep of the lower jaws is mainly occupied by a complicated osseous mechanism, known to anatomists as the hyoid bone and branchiostegous rays; and which serves both to support the branchial arches and the branchiostegous membrane. Now, in the fish of the Old Red Sandstone, if we except some of the Acanthodians, we find no trace of this piece ...

— The Cruise of the Betsey • Hugh Miller

... the bulla above, and passing round on either side of the throat to meet at the base of the tongue, is the hyoid apparatus (Figure 6). The stylohyal (s.h.), epihyal (e.h.), and ceratohyal (c.h.) form the anterior cornu of the hyoid. The body of the hyoid (b.h.) forms a basis for the tongue. The posterior coruna (t.h.) of the hyoid are ...

— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells