omohyoideusn.
/ˌəʊməʊhʌɪˈɔɪdɪəs/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊmoʊˌhaɪˈɔɪdiəs/ Anatomy and Zoology.
The omohyoid muscle.
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gullet-lurker1615
monkshood1615
rhomboides1615
platysma1684
scalenus1704
trapezius muscle1704
trigeminus1706
rhomboid muscle1732
splenius1732
rhomboideus1754
omohyoideus1793
rhomboid1801
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scalene muscle1827
complexus1828
omohyoid1846
omothyroid1890
traps1956
scalene1978
1734 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body (new ed.) I. §iii. 103 Omoplato-Hyoidæus sive Omo-Hyoidæus vulgo Coraco-Hyoideus... This is..situated obliquely on the side of the Neck or Throat... Some Anatomists have given it the barbarous name of Costo-Hyoidæus.]
1793 J. Bell Anat. Bones, Muscles, & Joints ii. ii. 218 The omo-hyoideus, which was once named coraco-hyoideus being thought to arise from the coracoid process.
1828 J. Quain Elements Anat. vii. 436 The omo-hyoideus consists of two bellies, united at an angle.
1865 Proc. Royal Soc. 14 384 It consisted of a roundish fusiform slip..inserted into the upper border of the scapula and suprascapular ligament, where it was connected, to some extent, with the origin of the omo-hyoideus.
1898 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 190 71 Infra-hyoid muscles, viz., omo-hyoideus (chief posterior belly), genio-hyoideus, sterno-hyoideus, sterno-thyroideus, thyro-hyoideus.
1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xviii. 270 (caption) Omohyoideus.
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