hyoglossus
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin hyoglōssus, clipping of musculus hyoglōssus (“hyoglossal muscle”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.oʊˈɡlɑs.əs/, /ˌhaɪ.oʊˈɡlɔs.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɒsəs, -ɔːsəs
Noun
hyoglossus (plural hyoglossi)
- (anatomy) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the body and the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone.
- 1895, Edmond Souchon, Resume of Lectures on Anatomy, page 10:
- The Muscles of the Tongue are: the Genio-hyoglossus, which is the protruder; — the Hyoglossus, which is the depressor or retractor, or muscle which draws the tongue in; […]
Derived terms
Translations
muscle
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References
- “hyoglossus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
Etymology
From hyoīdēs (“U-shaped”) + Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “the tongue”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hy.oˈɡloːs.sus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.oˈɡlos.sus/,
Adjective
hyoglōssus (feminine hyoglōssa, neuter hyoglōssum); first/second-declension adjective
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the hyoid bone and the tongue.
- musculus hyoglōssus ― the hyoglossus muscle
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hyoglōssus | hyoglōssa | hyoglōssum | hyoglōssī | hyoglōssae | hyoglōssa | |
| genitive | hyoglōssī | hyoglōssae | hyoglōssī | hyoglōssōrum | hyoglōssārum | hyoglōssōrum | |
| dative | hyoglōssō | hyoglōssae | hyoglōssō | hyoglōssīs | |||
| accusative | hyoglōssum | hyoglōssam | hyoglōssum | hyoglōssōs | hyoglōssās | hyoglōssa | |
| ablative | hyoglōssō | hyoglōssā | hyoglōssō | hyoglōssīs | |||
| vocative | hyoglōsse | hyoglōssa | hyoglōssum | hyoglōssī | hyoglōssae | hyoglōssa | |
Descendants
- → English: hyoglossus