hyoid bone

English

Alternative forms

• hyoid, lingual bone

Noun

hyoid bone (plural hyoid bones)

1. (anatomy) A U-shaped bone or complex of bones that is situated between the base of the tongue and the larynx and that supports the tongue, the larynx, and their muscles.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舌骨 (zh) (shégǔ)

• Czech: jazylka (cs) f
• Esperanto: hioido, langosto
• Estonian: keeleluu
• Finnish: kieliluu (fi)
• French: os hyoïde (fr) m, os lingual (fr) m
• German: Zungenbein (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀστοῦν λαβδοειδές n (ostoûn labdoeidés)

• Hungarian: nyelvcsont (hu)
• Ido: hioido (io)
• Italian: ioide (it) m, osso ioide m
• Japanese: 舌骨 (ぜっこつ, zekkotsu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: poliežuvinis kaulas m
• Polish: kość gnykowa (pl) f, gnyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: hioide m
• Romanian: os hioid (ro) n
• Russian: подъязычная кость (podʺjazyčnaja kostʹ)
• Slovak: jazylka f
• Tagalog: butundila
• Turkish: dil kemiği (tr)

References

• “hyoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “hyoid bone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.