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mylohyoid muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
my-lo-hy-oid -mus-cle
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flat triangular muscle located above the anterior belly of the digastric muscle, that runs from the mandible to the hyoid bone and is joined at a median raphe to its fellow of the opposite side, forming a large part of the muscular floor of the oral cavity.

Inflected Forms

mylohyoid muscles (plural) mylohyoid (alternative) mylohyoideus (alternative)

Questions

What does mylohyoid muscle mean?
A flat triangular muscle located above the anterior belly of the digastric muscle, that runs from the mandible to the hyoid bone and is joined at a median raphe to its fellow of the opposite side, forming a large part of the muscular floor of the oral cavity.

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