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hyoid bone

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1. n. a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles Source: wordnet

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tongue base bone muscles supports U-shaped

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hyoid hyoideal hyoidean

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hymns hympne hyndreste hyne Hynerpeton bassetti hyo-hyoganoidei hyoglossal hyoglossus hyomandibular hyomental hyopastron hyoscine hyoscyamine hyoscyamus

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