omohyoid
Meanings
adj
- Of or relating to the shoulder and the hyoid bone.
- Of or relating to the omohyoid muscle.
noun
- Ellipsis of omohyoid muscle.
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Etymology
Borrowing from New Latin ōmohȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + Latin hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to omo- (“shoulder”) + hyoid. Doublet of omohyoideus.
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