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PRONUNCIATION OF OMOHYOID

omohyoid  [ˌəʊməˈhaɪɔɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OMOHYOID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Omohyoid is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OMOHYOID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

omohyoid

Omohyoid muscle

The omohyoid muscle is a muscle that depresses the hyoid. It is located at the front of the neck and consists of two bellies separated by an intermediate tendon. Its superior belly serves as the most lateral member of the infrahyoid muscles, located lateral to both the sternothyroid and thyrohyoid muscles. Its name derives from the Greek "omos" meaning shoulder, giving one of its attachments, and "hyoid", giving the other attachment - the hyoid bone.

Definition of omohyoid in the English dictionary

The definition of omohyoid in the dictionary is a muscle found in the shoulder.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OMOHYOID


aspidioid
æsˈpɪdɪɔɪd
botryoid
ˈbɒtrɪɔɪd
choreoid
ˈkɒrɪɔɪd
embryoid
ˈɛmbrɪɔɪd
endothelioid
ˌendəʊˈθiːlɪɔɪd
geomyoid
ˌdʒiːəʊˈmaɪɔɪd
haemophilioid
ˌhiːməʊˈfɪlɪɔɪd
hyoid
ˈhaɪɔɪd
mylohyoid
ˌmaɪləʊˈhaɪɔɪd
myoid
ˈmaɪɔɪd
pyoid
ˈpaɪɔɪd
sclerotioid
sklɪəˈrəʊtɪɔɪd
simioid
ˈsɪmɪɔɪd
tarsioid
ˈtɑːsɪɔɪd
vibrioid
ˈvɪbrɪɔɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OMOHYOID

omniscient
omnisciently
omnium
omnium-gatherum
omnivora
omnivore
omnivorous
omnivorously
omnivorousness
omnivory
omophagia
omophagic
omophagous
omophagy
omophoria
omophorion
omoplate
omoplatoscopy
OMOV
omphacite

WORDS THAT END LIKE OMOHYOID

asteroid
avoid
celluloid
colloid
devoid
factoid
humanoid
ichthyoid
lymphoid
myeloid
opioid
paranoid
Polaroid
rheumatoid
solenoid
steroid
tabloid
thyroid
typhoid
void

Synonyms and antonyms of omohyoid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «omohyoid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OMOHYOID

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The translations of omohyoid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «omohyoid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肩胛舌骨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

omohioideo
570 millions of speakers

English

omohyoid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

omohyoid
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العضلة الكتفية اللامية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

omohyoid
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

omo-hióideo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

omohyoid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

omo-hyoïdien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Omohyoid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

M. omohyoideus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肩甲舌骨
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

omohyoid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omohyoid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

omohyoid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

omohyoid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओमोहिओड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

omohyoid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omoioideo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

omohyoid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

omohyoid
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omohyoid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

omohyoid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

omohyoid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omohyoid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

omohyoid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of omohyoid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OMOHYOID»

The term «omohyoid» is used very little and occupies the 154.543 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OMOHYOID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about omohyoid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OMOHYOID»

Discover the use of omohyoid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to omohyoid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clinical Mastery in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain
Digastric (anterior) Digastric (posterior) Stylohyoid Thyrohyoid Mylohyoid Anterior scalene Sternocleido- mastoid Sternohyoid Omohyoid (inferior) Subclavius shortened, it can constrict across the brachial plexus, and it is often difficult to fully  ...
Lucy Whyte Ferguson, Robert Gerwin, 2005
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Atlas of Uncommon Pain Syndromes
OMOHYOID SYNDROME ICD-9 CODE 726.2 1CD40CODE, THE CLINICAL SYN DROM E Trauma is the common denominator in patients with omohyoid syndrome. The syndrome is most often seen in patients who have recently experienced ...
Steven D. Waldman, 2013
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Anatomy & Physiology for Speech, Language, and Hearing
Omohyoid Muscle. As you can see in Figure 4-20, the omohyoid is a muscle with two bellies. The superior belly terminates on the side of the hyoid corpus, while the inferior belly has its origin on the upper border of the scapula. The bellies are  ...
J. Seikel, Douglas King, David Drumright, 2009
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The Muscle and Bone Palpation Manual with Trigger Points, ...
Omohyoid inferior belly: The inferior belly of the omohyoid is fairly easily palpable in the posterior triangle of the neck. Palpate just lateral to the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and superior to the clavicle, feeling for the horizontal fibers of the ...
Joseph E. Muscolino, 2008
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Computed Body Tomography with MRI Correlation
The suprahyoid portion is digastric muscle Stemocleidomastoid muscle Trapezius muscle Hyoid bone Superior belly of omohyoid muscle Clavicle Inferior belly of omohyoid muscle Figure 4-5 Triangles of the neck: submandibular triangle (A); ...
Joseph K. T. Lee, 2006
6
Mastery of Surgery
The boundaries of the muscular triangle are the superior bellies of the omohyoid muscles superolaterally and the inferior part of the sternocleidomastoid muscles inferolaterally (Fig. 1 3) The hyoid bone is superior, and the upper edge of the ...
Josef E. Fischer, Kirby I. Bland, Mark P. Callery, 2006
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Craniofacial Pain: Neuromusculoskeletal Assessment, ...
muscle. The omohyoid muscle has a superior and an inferior part, connected by an intermediate tendon. The inferior part originates at the superior margin of the scapula. The superior part runs along the cricothyroid cartilage and inserts at the  ...
Harry J. M. Von Piekartz, 2007
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Color Atlas of Human Anatomy
The infrahyoid muscles include the Sternohyoid - Omohyoid - Sternothyroid - Thyrohyoid Phylogenetically, they belong to the great ventral longitudinal muscle system. The omohyoid is also included in the muscles of the shoulder girdle (see p.
Werner Platzer, 2011
9
Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy
12.7 View of ansa cervicalis/omohyoid muscle/jugular vein relation. The posterior border of the SCM can be seen coursing horizontally across the superior view of the field. The left instrument is pointing at the jugular vein while simultaneously ...
Dimitrios Linos, Woong Youn Chung, 2012
10
Practical Head and Neck Ultrasound
Nodes Omohyoid CCA Figure 4.S- Deep cervical chain. The key to assessing the deep cervical chain is to scan the internal jugular vein (IJV), transversely from the level of the tail of the parotid to its junction with the subclavian vein. Just as in ...
Anil T. Ahuja, Rhodri M. Evans, 2000

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OMOHYOID»

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Marjorie Johnson, top of her class
... her students, “What is that?” One student mumbles: “It's the jugular vein.” After a few wrong answers, someone gets it: the omohyoid muscle. «Macleans.ca, Feb 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Omohyoid [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/omohyoid>. May 2024 ».
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