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STYLOHYOID LIGAMENT

\stˈa͡ɪlə͡ʊɪˌɔ͡ɪd lˈɪɡəmənt], \stˈa‍ɪlə‍ʊɪˌɔ‍ɪd lˈɪɡəmənt], \s_t_ˈaɪ_l_əʊ_ɪ__ˌɔɪ_d l_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of STYLOHYOID LIGAMENT

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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a fibrous cord from the styloid process to the lesser cornu of the hyoid.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A thin fibro-elastic cord which stretches between the lesser cornu of the hyoid bone and the apex of the styloid process of the temporal bone.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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