mylohyoid

[mahy-loh-hahy-oid]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Also mylohyoidean of, relating to, or situated near the lower molar teeth and the hyoid bone.

noun

a flat, triangular muscle that forms the floor of the mouth.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mylohyoid¹

1685–95; mylo- (< Greek ��ý�� ( s ) molar, literally, mill) + hyoid

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Mylohyoid, mī-lō-hī′oid, adj. pertaining to the molar teeth and to the hyoid bone.—n. the mylohyoid muscle.

From

Near the common suture of the dentary and the splenial is the large inferior alveolar foramen; completely within the splenial and ventral to the inferior alveolar foramen is the anterior mylohyoid foramen.

From

By the Écraseur.—Nunneley of Leeds has recorded cases in which he made a small incision through the skin, and mylohyoid and geniohyoid muscles, and through this passed a curved needle bearing the chain of the écraseur completely round the base of the tongue.

From

Mylar mylonite

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