The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
basihyal — the cartilage supporting the tongue at the anterior end of the hyal series in Elasmobranchii. It is the anteriormost median endochondral bone of the basibranchial series, joining both branches of the hyoid series and forming the tongue skeleton… … Dictionary of ichthyology
basihyal — SYN: body of hyoid bone. * * * ba·si·hy·al hī( ə)l adj of, relating to, or being a median element or bone at the ventral point of the hyoid arch that in humans forms the body of the hyoid bone basihyal n a basihyal bone * * * ba·si·hy·al… … Medical dictionary
basihyal — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at basi +|hīəl adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary basi + hyoid + al 1. : of, relating to, or being a median element or bone at the ventral point of the hyoid arch that in man forms the body of the hyoid bone … Useful english dictionary
basihyal dental plate — lingual plate (a dermal toothed bone covering and sometimes fusing with the basihyal, e.g. in Osteoglossidae. Also called glossohyal, dermentoglossum, supralingual or basihyal dental plate) … Dictionary of ichthyology
basihyal — ba·si·hy·al … English syllables
dermal basihyal — basihyal (the cartilage supporting the tongue at the anterior end of the hyal series in Elasmobranchii. It is the anteriormost median endochondral bone of the basibranchial series, joining both branches of the hyoid series and forming the tongue… … Dictionary of ichthyology
basihyal bone — corpus ossis hyoidei … Medical dictionary
basihyobranchial — basihyal … Dictionary of ichthyology
glossohyal — lingual plate (a dermal toothed bone covering and sometimes fusing with the basihyal, e.g. in Osteoglossidae. Also called dermentoglossum, supralingual or basihyal dental plate) the median dermal toothed bone at the anterior of the hyoid series.… … Dictionary of ichthyology
dermentoglossum — lingual plate (a dermal toothed bone covering and sometimes fusing with the basihyal, e.g. in Osteoglossidae. Also called glossohyal, supralingual or basihyal dental plate) … Dictionary of ichthyology
