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tympanohyal

tympanohyal adjective: of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoid arch.

Adjective

tympanohyal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoid arch.

Noun

tympanohyal (plural tympanohyals)

  1. The proximal segment in the hyoid arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in the adult human.

Forms of tympanohyal

pluraltympanohyals

Origin of tympanohyal

From tympano- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

Questions about tympanohyal

What does tympanohyal mean?
Tympanohyal means of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoid arch.
What part of speech is tympanohyal?
Tympanohyal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near tympanohyal in the dictionary

  1. tympanocenteses
  2. tympanocentesis
  3. tympanogram
  4. tympanograms
  5. tympanography
  6. tympanohyal
  7. tympanohyals
  8. tympanohyoid
  9. tympanohyoids
  10. tympanoid
  11. tympanomalleal

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