stylohyoidadj.n.
/stʌɪləʊˈhʌɪɔɪd/ Anatomy.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the stylohyal and the hyoid bone.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > bones of temple
sternomastic1745
stylomastoid1797
mastoid1800
mastoidean1824
mastoidal1828
mastoideal1828
stylohyoid1840
paroccipital1849
bitemporal1850
squamosal1863
stylohyal1880
1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum 377 The stylo-hyoid branch [of the facial nerve] is distributed to the stylo-hyoid muscle.
1873 G. Fleming tr. J. B. A. Chauveau Compar. Anat. 722 The stylo-hyoid nerve.
B. n.
The stylohyoid muscle or stylohyoideus, a muscle connecting the styloid process and the hyoid bone.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of mouth or lips
genioglossus1615
myloglossus1657
mylohyoideus1657
geniogloss1661
styloglossum1671
orbicularis1681
styloglossus1728
risorius1746
palatopharyngeus1749
orbicularis oris1754
hyoglossus1811
palatoglossus1828
mylohyoid muscle1838
mylohyoid1844
stylohyoid1897
genioglossals1900
1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Stylo-Hyoideus, is a Muscle of the Os-Hyoides, arising..from near the middle of the Processus Styliformis.]
1897 Proc. Zool. Soc. 377 The typical carnivorous stylo-hyoid seems to consist of two parts, superficial and deep.
Derivatives
stylohyˈoidean adj. = stylohyoid adj. and n. (Cf. French stylohyoïdien.)
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1891 Cent. Dict.
1898 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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adj.n.1840