SINCE 1828
genioglossus
noun
ge·nio·glos·sus
| \-ˈgläs-əs,
-ˈglȯs-
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-ˈglȯs-
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plural genioglossi\ -ˌī
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Medical Definition of genioglossus
: a fan-shaped muscle that arises from the superior mental spine, inserts on the hyoid bone and into the tongue, and serves to advance and retract and also to depress the tongue
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