mylohyoideus

Borrowed from New Latin mylohȳoīdeus, clipping of musculus mylohȳoīdeus (“mylohyoid muscle”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmʌɪ.lə(ʊ).hʌɪˈɔɪ.di.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪ.loʊ.haɪˈɔɪ.di.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪdiəs

mylohyoideus (plural mylohyoidei)

1. (anatomy) The mylohyoid muscle.

• “mylohyoideus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mylohyoideus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From Ancient Greek μύ̆λη (mú̆lē, “a molar”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”) +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix). Doublet of mylohȳoīdēs.

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mi.lo.i.oˈiː.d̪e.us]

mylohȳoīdeus (feminine mylohȳoīdea, neuter mylohȳoīdeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) mylohyoid

First/second-declension adjective.

• → English: mylohyoideus