Etymology

epihyal

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Today it means: Related to the segment located above the ceratohyal of the hyoid arch. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὖ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὖ“the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">upsilon</i>”
  2. English todayepihyal

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὖ all →

apohyalbasihyalceratohyalglossohyal-hyalhypohyalinterhyalstylohyalthyrohyaltympanohyalurohyal

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