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hyosternal.

hyosternal, relating to the second pair of lateral bones in the sternum

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Meaning & usage

adj/jɔs.tɛʁ.nal/
  1. hyosternal, relating to the second pair of lateral bones in the sternum

Where this word comes from

Coined by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1818 as hyo- + sternal. The prefix is from Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter Υ”), ultimately from ὗ (hû, “the Greek letter upsilon”), reflecting its original description as the sternal attachment of the sternohyoid muscle (whose other attachment is on the hyoid bone).

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