hyoid
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪɔɪd/
- Specialized
:
hueso hioides
- Also evidence of a fracture on the left tip of her hyoid bone.
- hyoid bone
- hyoid displacement
- hyoid myotomy
Examples
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate hyoid displacement after cancer treatment.
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An X-ray revealed that the hyoid bone was intact and showed no signs of trauma.
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Was the hyoid bone broken?
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Fourth, the hyoid is the only free bone in the human body.
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The first is to remove a central portion of the hyoid bone.
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Yeah, none of the hyoid bones were fractured.
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The hyoid bone was intact, so death was not due to strangulation. -
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In this study, radiation showed greater influence on anterior hyoid displacement than on superior displacement.
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There's a fracture here on the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage.
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Surgical exploration revealed that an encapsulated, fibrofatty nodular mass extended from the hyoid bone down to the supraclavicular fossa.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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A U-shaped bone in the neck under the tongue that supports its muscles
A U-shaped bone under the tongue that supports its muscles
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
hyoid = hyo + oid
Same formation as the adjectival sense: a technical combining form plus '-oid' yielding a specific anatomical noun, which is not derivable by typical learners from the parts.
Etymology
Hyoid comes from Greek parts hyo- and -oid where -oid means 'shaped like'. So the hyoid is the small 'U-shaped' bone under the tongue that supports tongue movement and helps with speech and swallowing.