Definition of Entoglossal. Meaning of Entoglossal. Synonyms of Entoglossal

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Definition of Entoglossal

Entoglossal
Entoglossal En`to*glos"sal, a. [Ento- + Gr. ? the tongue.] (Anat.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

Meaning of Entoglossal from wikipedia

- called the entoglossal process, over which a tubular muscle, the accelerator muscle, sits. The accelerator muscle contracts around the entoglossal process...
- of an elongated rod shaped bone in the jaw cavity, dubbed the hyoid entoglossal process, which in life was embedded within the tongue. Analogous bones...
- centimetres (2.0 in). The adult skull was found with an ****ociated hyoid entoglossal process, a long, rod like bone situated in the oral cavity, which was...