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posthyoid

posthyoid adjective: posterior to the hyoid bone.

Adjective

posthyoid (not comparable)

  1. posterior to the hyoid bone

Origin of posthyoid

From post- + hyoid.

Words that rhyme with posthyoid

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Questions about posthyoid

What does posthyoid mean?
Posthyoid means posterior to the hyoid bone.
What part of speech is posthyoid?
Posthyoid is an adjective.

Words near posthyoid in the dictionary

  1. posthumousness
  2. posthurricane
  3. posthybridization
  4. posthybridized
  5. posthydration
  6. posthyoid
  7. posthyperventilation
  8. posthypnosis
  9. posthypnotic
  10. posthypnotic suggestion
  11. posthypnotic suggestions

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