styloglossus

Borrowed from New Latin styloglōssus, clipping of mūsculus styloglōssus (“styloglossal muscle”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɑs.əs/, /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɔs.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɒsəs, -ɔːsəs

styloglossus (plural styloglossi)

1. (anatomy) A small muscle that arises from the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts along the side and underpart of the tongue, and functions to draw up the sides of the tongue to create a trough for swallowing.

• “styloglossus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From stylus (“a stake or pale”) +‎ -o- +‎ Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “the tongue”) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sty.loˈɡloːs.sus/, [s̠t̪ʏɫ̪ɔˈɡɫ̪oːs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sti.loˈɡlos.sus/, [st̪iloˈɡlɔsːus]

styloglōssus (feminine styloglōssa, neuter styloglōssum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy, relational) styloglossal

First/second-declension adjective.

• → English: styloglossus