hyoglossus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin hyoglōssus, clipping of musculus hyoglōssus (“hyoglossal muscle”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.oʊˈɡlɑs.əs/, /ˌhaɪ.oʊˈɡlɔs.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɒsəs, -ɔːsəs

Noun

hyoglossus (plural hyoglossi)

1. (anatomy) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the body and the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone.
   • 1895, Edmond Souchon, Resume of Lectures on Anatomy, page 10:

     The Muscles of the Tongue are: the Genio-hyoglossus, which is the protruder; — the Hyoglossus, which is the depressor or retractor, or muscle which draws the tongue in; […]

Derived terms

• hyoglossal

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舌骨舌肌 (shégǔshéjī)

References

• “hyoglossus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From hyoīdēs (“U-shaped”) +‎ Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “the tongue”) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hy.oˈɡloːs.sus/, [hyɔˈɡɫ̪oːs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.oˈɡlos.sus/, [ioˈɡlɔsːus]

Adjective

hyoglōssus (feminine hyoglōssa, neuter hyoglōssum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the hyoid bone and the tongue.

   musculus hyoglōssus ― the hyoglossus muscle

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hyoglōssus	hyoglōssa	hyoglōssum		hyoglōssī	hyoglōssae	hyoglōssa
genitive	hyoglōssī	hyoglōssae	hyoglōssī		hyoglōssōrum	hyoglōssārum	hyoglōssōrum
dative	hyoglōssō	hyoglōssae	hyoglōssō		hyoglōssīs
accusative	hyoglōssum	hyoglōssam	hyoglōssum		hyoglōssōs	hyoglōssās	hyoglōssa
ablative	hyoglōssō	hyoglōssā	hyoglōssō		hyoglōssīs
vocative	hyoglōsse	hyoglōssa	hyoglōssum		hyoglōssī	hyoglōssae	hyoglōssa

Descendants

• → English: hyoglossus