hyoid bone

English

Alternative forms

hyoid, lingual bone

Noun

hyoid bone (plural hyoid bones)

(anatomy) A U-shaped bone or complex of bones that is situated between the base of the tongue and the larynx and that supports the tongue, the larynx, and their muscles.

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 舌骨 (zh) (shégǔ)
Czech: jazylka (cs) f
Esperanto: hioido, langosto
Estonian: keeleluu
Finnish: kieliluu (fi)
French: os hyoïde (fr) m, os lingual (fr) m
German: Zungenbein (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: ὀστοῦν λαβδοειδές n (ostoûn labdoeidés)
Hungarian: nyelvcsont (hu)
Ido: hioido (io)
Italian: ioide (it) m, osso ioide m
Japanese: 舌骨 (ぜっこつ, zekkotsu)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: poliežuvinis kaulas m
Polish: kość gnykowa (pl) f, gnyk (pl) m
Portuguese: hioide m
Romanian: os hioid (ro) n
Russian: подъязычная кость (podʺjazyčnaja kostʹ)
Slovak: jazylka f
Tagalog: butundila
Turkish: dil kemiği (tr)

References

“hyoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“hyoid bone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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