Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supraomohyoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: suprao-mo-hy-oid
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Above (superior to) the omohyoid muscle .

Example Sentences

"The supraomohyoid neck dissection is a selective cervical node dissection that removes the contents of the submental and submandibular triangles (lymph node level I), the jugulodigastric and jugulo-omohyoid lymph node groups, and the lymph node-bearing tissues located anterior to the cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus and above the omohyoid muscle (lymph node levels II and III)."

Etymology

From supra- + omohyoid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: supra

Questions

What does supraomohyoid mean?: Above (superior to) the omohyoid muscle .
Where does supraomohyoid come from?: From supra- + omohyoid.

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