petrohyoid

English

Etymology

petro- +‎ hyoid

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪɔɪd

Adjective

petrohyoid (not comparable)

(anatomy) Pertaining to the petrous, or periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch.
the petrohyoid muscles of the frog

Noun

petrohyoid (plural petrohyoids)

(anatomy) A muscle of this kind.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “petrohyoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)