mylohyoid
/ˌmaɪ.loʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/adjective, noun
mylohyoid is an adjective meaning “Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-L-O-H-Y-O-I-D and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does mylohyoid mean?
adjective
- 1
Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle.
the mylohyoid nerve
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of mylohyoid muscle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce mylohyoid?
- UK /ˌmʌɪ.lə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/
- US /ˌmaɪ.loʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/
Mylohyoid has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of mylohyoid
- mylohyoids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is mylohyoid?
Mylohyoid appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does mylohyoid come from?
Borrowed from New Latin mylohȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μῠ́λη (mŭ́lē, “a molar”) + Latin hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to mylo- (“molar”) + hyoid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).