Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Hyoid bone   Listen
Hyoid bone

noun
1.
A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.  Synonyms: hyoid, os hyoideum.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Hyoid bone" Quotes from Famous Books



... see in us nothing more than a mammal with thirty-two vertebrae possessing the hyoid bone and more folds in the hemispheres of the brain than any other animal; if in their opinion no other differences exist in this order than those produced by the influence of climate, on which are founded the nomenclature of fifteen species whose scientific names ...
— The Physiology of Marriage, Part I. • Honore de Balzac


Words linked to "Hyoid bone" :   hyoid, os hyoideum, bone, os


Copyright © 2024 Diccionario ingles.com