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ceratohyal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cer-a-to-hyal
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the bone or cartilage below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.

noun

A ceratohyal bone or cartilage which, in humans, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ceratohyals (plural)

Questions

What does ceratohyal mean?
Relating to the bone or cartilage below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.
Where does ceratohyal come from?
From cerato- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

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