tympanohyal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoid arch.
noun
  1. The proximal segment in the hyoid arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in the adult human.

Word forms

tympanohyal tympanohyals

Etymology

From tympano- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

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