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supraomohyoid

supraomohyoid adjective: above (superior to) the omohyoid muscle .

Adjective

supraomohyoid (not comparable)

  1. Above (superior to) the omohyoid muscle .
    • The supraomohyoid neck dissection is a selective cervical node dissection that removes the contents of the submental and submandibular triangles (lymph node level I), the jugulodigastric and jugulo-omohyoid lymph node groups, and the lymph node-bearing tissues located anterior to the cutaneous...1989, J E Medina, R M Byers, “Supraomohyoid neck dissection: rationale, indications, and surgical technique. Comparative study.”, in Head and Neck, volume 11, number 2, →DOI, →PMID, pages 111–122

Origin of supraomohyoid

From supra- + omohyoid.

Questions about supraomohyoid

What does supraomohyoid mean?
Supraomohyoid means above (superior to) the omohyoid muscle .
What part of speech is supraomohyoid?
Supraomohyoid is an adjective.

Words near supraomohyoid in the dictionary

  1. supraoligomer
  2. supraoligomeric
  3. supraoligomers
  4. supraolivary
  5. supraomental
  6. supraomohyoid
  7. supraomohyoidal
  8. supraopercular
  9. supraoperon
  10. supraoperonic
  11. supraoptic

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