stylohyoid

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US/ˌstaɪ.loʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/

adjective

Of or relating to the styloid process of the temporal bone and to the hyoid bone.

OriginNew Latin stylohȳoīdēs →
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Meanings

adjectivestylohyoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOf or relating to the styloid process of the temporal bone and to the hyoid bone.
nounstylohyoid (plural stylohyoids)

plural stylohyoids

  1. abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of stylohyoid muscle.

Origin

  1. New Latinstylohȳoīdēs
  2. Englishstylohyoid

Borrowed from New Latin stylohȳoīdēs, from stylus (“a stake or pale”) + -o- + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to stylo- + hyoid. Doublet of stylohyoideus.

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Translations

Spanish estilohioideo
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stylohyoid

hyoidceratioidepihyoidgeniohyoidgeomyoidinfrahyoidmnioidmylohyoidmyoidomohyoidpetrohyoidposthyoidpyoidsaccomyoidsternohyoidsuprahyoidthyrohyoidtympanohyoid
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APA

stylohyoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylohyoid

MLA

“stylohyoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylohyoid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stylohyoid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylohyoid.

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