hyoid
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Etymology edit
Borrowing from French hyoïde, from New Latin hȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”), from ὖ (û, “the Greek letter upsilon”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
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Adjective edit
hyoid (not comparable)
- (anatomy, zootomy) Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon.
- 1969, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
- The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary.
- (anatomy, zootomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the hyoid bone.
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Noun edit
hyoid (plural hyoids)
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of hyoid bone.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
- the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted hyoid?
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References edit
- “hyoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “hyoid”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.