sternohyoid.
Of or relating to the sternum and the hyoid bone.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to the sternum and the hyoid bone.
Of or pertaining to the sternohyoid muscle.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from New Latin sternohȳoīdēs, from sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to sterno- + hyoid. Doublet of sternohyoideus.
Ellipsis of sternohyoid muscle.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from New Latin sternohȳoīdēs, from sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to sterno- + hyoid. Doublet of sternohyoideus.
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