mylohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύ̆λη (múlē, a molar) + hȳoīdēs (U-shaped). Doublet of mylohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mylohȳoīdēs (neuter mylohȳoīdes or mylohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the molar tooth and the hyoid bone; mylohyoid.

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mylohȳoīdēs mylohȳoīdes1
mylohȳoīdēs
mylohȳoīdēs mylohȳoīdia
Genitive mylohȳoīdis mylohȳoīdium
Dative mylohȳoīdī mylohȳoīdibus
Accusative mylohȳoīdem mylohȳoīdes1
mylohȳoīdēs
mylohȳoīdēs mylohȳoīdia
Ablative mylohȳoīdī mylohȳoīdibus
Vocative mylohȳoīdes1
mylohȳoīdēs
mylohȳoīdēs mylohȳoīdia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Descendants

  • English: mylohyoid
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