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Webster 1913 Edition


Omohyoid

Oˊmo-hy′oid

,
Adj.
[
Omo-
+
hyoid
.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone;
as, the
omohyoid
muscle
.

Definition 2024


omohyoid

omohyoid

English

Noun

omohyoid (plural omohyoids)

  1. (anatomy) A muscle found in the neck, inferior to the hyoid bone (infrahyoid muscle). It is innervated by the C1 spinal nerve.