Hyoid is valid Scrabble Word

Is hyoid a scrabble word?
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5 letters word
12 points in Scrabble
10 points in WWF

Definitions for HYOID in dictionary:

NOUN:

a bone at the base of the tongue
a U-shaped bone in the neck which supports the tongue.
The hyoid bone.
a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
horseshoe-shaped bone

ADJECTIVE:

relating to the hyoid or structures associated with it.
of or relating to the hyoid bone
Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [/].
Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a bone of the tongue

Words related to HYOID

hyoids13

Words that contain HYOID

hyoids13 hyoidal14 hyoidean15 omohyoid17 ichthyoid21 mylohyoid21 omohyoids18 ichthyoids22 mylohyoids22 ichthyoidal23

How to use HYOID in a sentence

Wounds of the throat inflicted by suicides are commonly situated at the upper part, involving the hyoid bone and the thyroid and cricoid cartilages.
THE UNDER JAW The under jaw furnishes attachment for the muscles of the tongue and hyoid or tongue bone.
It also controls, owing to the connections of the larynx with the hyoid bone, the muscles that fix the position of the larynx.
The motion is imparted to the tip of the laryngoscope as if to lift the patient by his hyoid hone.
The hyoid bone, or tongue-bone, is that hard structure just above the cricoid cartilage, and which one may easily demonstrate to be much more movable than the larynx itself.
From above downward one feels in the middle line the parts in the order previously mentioned, beginning with the hyoid bone.
The hyoid bone is not a part of the larynx, but from it the larynx is suspended.

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