Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the hyoid bone and to the mandible or lower jaw.
- noun Same as
hyomandibular bone .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Relating to the
hyomandibula . - adjective anatomy Relating both to the
hyoid arch and themandible or lowerjaw . - noun anatomy The hyomandibular
bone orcartilage .
Etymologies
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hyo- + mandibular
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Examples
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In developing Amphibia Huxley found a suspensorium of hyoid and mandibular arches similar to the hyomandibular of fish.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The hyoid arch consists of two main masses of cartilage, the hyomandibular (h.m.), and the ceratohyal
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- h.m., hyomandibular cleft = Eustachian tube and ear drum. mb., mandible.
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