hyo-
(haɪəʊ)
[f. Gr. ὑο- in ὑο-ειδής: see hyoid.]
A formative element employed in various modern scientific terms, chiefly anatomical, referring to the hyoid bone in connexion with adjoining parts of the body.
| 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., Hyo, names compounded of this word belong to muscles which originate from, or are inserted into, or connected with the os hyoides, as Hyo-glossus, Hyo-pharyngeus, Genio-hyo-glossus, etc. |
hyoˈbranchial a., pertaining to the hyoid bone and the branchiæ.
ˈhyodont,
hyoˈdontid [
Gr. ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth], one of the
Hyodontidæ or toothed herrings, a family of fresh-water fishes having teeth on the hyoid bone, found in the rivers and lakes of North America.
ˌhyo-epiˈglottic,
ˌhyo-epigloˈttidean adjs., connecting the hyoid bone with the epiglottis.
hyoˈganoid,
ˌhyogaˈnoidean adjs. [
ganoid], belonging to, or characteristic of, the
Hyoganoidei, a sub-class of ganoid fishes, having the hyoid apparatus like those of the teleosts.
hyoˈglossal,
hyoˈglossian adjs. [
Gr. γλῶσσα tongue], connected with the hyoid bone and the tongue.
‖ hyoˈglossus, a muscle of the hyoid bone and tongue.
hyoˈmental a. [L.
mentum chin], pertaining to the hyoid bone together with the chin.
‖ hyoˈplastron [
plastron]
= hyosternal n.; hence
hyoˈplastral a., belonging to the hyoplastron.
hyoˈscapular a., pertaining to the hyoid bone and the scapula.
hyoˈthyroid a., pertaining to the hyoid bone and the thyroid cartilage; also as
n. = hyothyroid muscle.
| 1848 *Hyo-branchial [see hypobranchial]. 1865 Reader No. 153. 631/3 The hyo-branchial apparatus. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hyobranchial cleft, a cleft or fissure situated in the embryo of Vertebrata between the hyoid arch in front and the..first true branchial arch behind. |
| 1847 Craig, *Hyo-epiglottic. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hyo-epiglottic ligament, extending from the upper border of the hyoid bone to the epiglottis. |
| 1881 Mivart Cat 230 The *hyo-epiglottidean muscles are very small ones. |
| 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., *Hyoglossal membrane, a fibrous layer, connecting the under surface of the base of the tongue with the body of the hyoid bone. |
| Ibid., *Hyoglossian nerve, another term for the hypoglossal nerve. |
| 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., *Hyo⁓glossus. 1842 E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. 273 The posterior border of the hyo-glossus muscle. 1872 Mivart Elem. Anat. 287 The hyo-glossus is a flat muscle, passing from the cornua of the hyoid upwards to the side of the tongue. |
| 1871 Huxley Anat. Vert. v. 202 In the Turtle the plastron consists of nine pieces..the second, *hyoplastron. |
| 1844 J. G. Wilkinson Swedenborg's Anim. Kingd. II. ii. 40 The *hyo⁓thyroid elevates the larynx, and closes the glottis. |