thyreohyoides
Latin
Etymology
From thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of thyreohȳoīdeus.
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ti.re.o.i.oˈi.des/, [t̪i.rɛ.ɔ.i.ɔˈiː.d̪ɛs]
Adjective
thyreohȳoīdēs (neuter thyreohȳoīdes or thyreohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage and the hyoid bone; thyrohyoid.
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | thyreohȳoīdēs | thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs | thyreohȳoīdēs | thyreohȳoīdia | |
| Genitive | thyreohȳoīdis | thyreohȳoīdium | |||
| Dative | thyreohȳoīdī | thyreohȳoīdibus | |||
| Accusative | thyreohȳoīdem | thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs | thyreohȳoīdēs | thyreohȳoīdia | |
| Ablative | thyreohȳoīdī | thyreohȳoīdibus | |||
| Vocative | thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs | thyreohȳoīdēs | thyreohȳoīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants
- → English: thyrohyoid