Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the temporal and hyoid bones: noting muscles or ligaments connecting these bones. See epihyal, stylohyal.

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Examples

  • Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy (THO) with proliferative osteopathy (bone disease) involving the temporal bone, temporohyoid joint, and hyoid bone in the head, is reported only in adult horses, said Mayhew.

    TheHorse.com News 2009

  • "Of 33 cases of temporohyoid osteoarthropathy, 20 cases survived for which there were longer term follow-up details," he reported.

    TheHorse.com News 2009

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