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tympanohyal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tym-pa-nohyal
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoid arch.

noun

The proximal segment in the hyoid arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in the adult human.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tympanohyals (plural)

Questions

What does tympanohyal mean?
Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoid arch.
Where does tympanohyal come from?
From tympano- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

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