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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A segment in the hyoid arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.

Etymology

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

Related phrases

hyoidean arch

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