mylohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύ̆λη (múlē, “a molar”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of mylohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.lo.i.oˈi.des/, [miloioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

mylohȳoīdēs (neuter mylohȳoīdes or mylohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the molar tooth and the hyoid bone; mylohyoid.

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mylohȳoīdēs	mylohȳoīdes1 mylohȳoīdēs		mylohȳoīdēs	mylohȳoīdia
Genitive	mylohȳoīdis			mylohȳoīdium
Dative	mylohȳoīdī			mylohȳoīdibus
Accusative	mylohȳoīdem	mylohȳoīdes1 mylohȳoīdēs		mylohȳoīdēs	mylohȳoīdia
Ablative	mylohȳoīdī			mylohȳoīdibus
Vocative	mylohȳoīdes1 mylohȳoīdēs			mylohȳoīdēs	mylohȳoīdia

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Descendants

• → English: mylohyoid