Meanings
adjectivesternohyoid (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyOf or relating to the sternum and the hyoid bone.
- not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the sternohyoid muscle.
nounsternohyoid (plural sternohyoids)
plural sternohyoids
- abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of sternohyoid muscle.
Origin
- New Latinsternohȳoīdēs
- Englishsternohyoid
Borrowed from New Latin sternohȳoīdēs, from sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to sterno- + hyoid. Doublet of sternohyoideus.
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Spanish esternohioideo
- esternohioideoof or relating to the sternum and the hyoid bone
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sternohyoid
hyoidceratioidepihyoidgeniohyoidgeomyoidinfrahyoidmnioidmylohyoidmyoidomohyoidpetrohyoidposthyoidpyoidsaccomyoidstylohyoidsuprahyoidthyrohyoidtympanohyoid
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sternohyoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternohyoid
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“sternohyoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternohyoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sternohyoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternohyoid.
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