Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the hyoid bone and the breast-bone; sternohyoid.
- In herpetology, of or pertaining to the hyoplastron: as, a hyosternal scute.
- noun Same as
epihyal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid.
- adjective Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Between the
hyoid bone and thesternum , or relating to both of them;infrahyoid . - adjective anatomy Pertaining to the
hyosternum ofturtles .
Etymologies
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hyo- + sternal
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