Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 5
ぜつ > ぜっ
Grade: 6
こつ
Grade: 6
きん
Grade: 6
kan’on goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
甲狀舌骨筋 (kyūjitai)
 甲状舌骨筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

甲状 (thyroid) +‎ 舌骨筋 (hyoid muscle), calque of New Latin mūsculus thyrohȳoīdeus

Noun edit

(こう)(じょう)(ぜっ)(こつ)(きん) (kōjō zekkotsukin

  1. (anatomy) a thyrohyoid muscle
    Hypernym: 舌骨下筋 (zekkotsukakin)