mylohyoid

Meaning

Adjective

Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle.

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin mylohȳoīdēs, from μῠ́λη + hȳoīdēs; equivalent to mylo- + hyoid.

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