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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from New Latin styloglōssus, clipping of mūsculus styloglōssus (“styloglossal muscle”).
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