hyoid adjective & noun. ['hʌɪɔɪd] E19.
[French hyoïde from mod. Latin hyoides from Greek huoeidēs shaped like the letter upsilon, from hu (name of) the letter υ: see -OID.]
Anatomy & Zoology.
A. adjective. Designating a bone (U-shaped in man) or a group of bones which supports the tongue, being situated at its base above the thyroid cartilage. E19.
hyoid arch the second visceral arch in lower vertebrates and the embryos of higher vertebrates.
b. noun. The hyoid bone. L19.

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