thyrohyoid

T1H4Y4R1O1H4Y4O1I1D2
US/ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/

adjective

Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.

OriginNew Latin thyreohȳoīdēs ← Latin hȳoīdēs ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs) →
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Meanings

adjectivethyrohyoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.
nounthyrohyoid (plural thyrohyoids)

plural thyrohyoids

  1. abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of thyrohyoid muscle.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  3. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  4. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  9. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  10. Latinthyreoīdēs
  11. Ancient Greekὗ (hû)
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)
  13. Latinhȳoīdēs
  14. New Latinthyreohȳoīdēs
  15. Englishthyrohyoid

Borrowed from New Latin thyreohȳoīdēs, from thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to thyro- + hyoid. Doublet of thyrohyoideus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thyrohyoid

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APA

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Chicago

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