Usually means: Muscle that depresses the tongue.
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  6. hyoglossus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hyoglossus)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the body and the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone.

Similar:
styloglossus, mylohyoid muscle, mylohyoid, omohyoid muscle, hyoid, chondroglossus, thyrohyoid, stylohyoid muscle, omohyoid, stylohyoideus, more...

Opposite:
genioglossus, styloglossus, palatoglossus

Phrases:
hyoglossus muscle, more...

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Similar:
styloglossus, mylohyoid muscle, mylohyoid, omohyoid muscle, hyoid, chondroglossus, thyrohyoid, stylohyoid muscle, omohyoid, stylohyoideus, more...

Opposite:
genioglossus, styloglossus, palatoglossus

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hyoglossus muscle, more...



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