HyperDic: os_hyoideum

English > 1 sense of the expression os hyoideum:
NOUNbodyos hyoideum, hyoid, hyoid bonea U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
English > os hyoideum: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.
Synonymshyoid, hyoid bone
Broaderbone, osrigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Spanishhioides, hueso hioides
Catalanhioide

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