hyoid bone

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   a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles

   Synonymshyoidos hyoideum

   Broaderbone

Questions about hyoid bone

What does hyoid bone mean?

hyoid bone means "a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles".

What is another word for hyoid bone?

Close synonyms include hyoid, os hyoideum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyoid bone a common word?

hyoid bone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.