mylohyoideanadj.
/ˌmʌɪlə(ʊ)hʌɪˈɔɪdɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪloʊˌhaɪˈɔɪdiən/ Anatomy. Now rare.
= mylohyoid adj. 2.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > bones of mouth
palatomaxillary1782
hyoidean1835
mylohyoidean1838
mylohyoid1839
hyoid1842
hyo-epiglottic1847
hyoidal1852
palatopterygoid1854
palatoquadrate1859
mento-hyoidean1867
hyosternal1870
mentomeckelian1871
hyomandibular1875
hyo-epiglottidean1881
hyoglossal1886
hyoglossian1886
hyoidan1888
prehyoid1949
splanchnocranial1974
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > jawbones > lower
mandibulary1653
mandibular1654
submaxillary1721
angular1802
mylohyoidean1838
mylohyoid1839
hyomandibular1875
hyostylic1880
tympanomandibular1891
1838 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum 220 The Inferior dental nerve..gives off but one branch, the mylo-hyoidean.
1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Mylohyoïdean ridge.
1927 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 57 98 On each side extend very broad but shallow mylo-hyoidean grooves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1838