hyoid bone

English

Noun

hyoid bone (plural hyoid bones)

1. A bone in the human neck which supports the tongue.

Synonyms

• lingual bone

Translations

bone in the neck

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舌骨 (zh) (shégǔ)

• Estonian: keeleluu
• Finnish: kieliluu (fi)
• French: os hyoïde (fr) m, os lingual (fr) m
• German: Zungenbein n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀστοῦν λαβδοειδές n (ostoûn labdoeidés)

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• Hungarian: nyelvcsont (hu)
• Ido: hioido (io)
• Japanese: 舌骨 (ぜっこつ, zekkotsu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: hioide m
• Tagalog: butundila