thyrohyal

English

Etymology

From thyro- +‎ -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

Noun

thyrohyal (plural thyrohyals)

1. (anatomy) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in humans.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thyrohyal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)