ceratohyal

English edit

Etymology edit

cerato- +‎ hyal

Adjective edit

ceratohyal (not comparable)

(anatomy) Relating to the bone or cartilage below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.

Noun edit

ceratohyal (plural ceratohyals)

(anatomy) A ceratohyal bone or cartilage which, in humans, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ceratohyal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)