Meanings
adjectivehyoepiglottic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to, or connecting the hyoid bone and the epiglottis
Ventral depression of the epiglottis by contraction of the hyoepiglottic muscle, as it may occur during a call, will pull the dorsal end of the cuneiform process ventrally and, thereby, pull its ventral end dorsally.
2016 January 6, “Potential Sources of High Frequency and Biphonic Vocalization in the Dhole ( Cuon alpinus )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Ancient Greekὗ (hû)
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Ancient Greekῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)
- Latinhȳoīdēs
- Frenchhyoïde
- Englishhyoid
- Englishhyo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Hellenic*epí
- Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
- Proto-Hellenic*glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā
- Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
- Ancient Greekγλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)
- New Latinepiglōtti
- Englishepiglottis
- Englishepiglottic
- Englishhyoepiglottic
From hyo- + epiglottic.
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APA
hyoepiglottic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyoepiglottic
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“hyoepiglottic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyoepiglottic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyoepiglottic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyoepiglottic.
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