before a vowel styl-, used as combining form of Gr. στῦλος pillar in scientific words. Styloglossal [Gr. γλῶσσα tongue], a. pertaining to the styloid process and the tongue; sb. = styloglossus (in recent Dicts.). ǁ Styloglossus († -glossum), a muscle arising from the styloid process and inserted in the tongue. Stylomandibular, Stylomaxillary adjs., used to designate a ligament that connects the styloid process and the lower jaw-bone. Stylommatophorous a. [Gr. ὀμματ-, ὄμμα eye, -φύρ-ος bearing] belonging to the suborder Stylommatophora of pulmonate gastropods (land-snails and slugs), which have eyes borne on the tips of a pair of retractile tentacles. Stylopharyngeal, a. belonging to the styloid process and the pharynx; sb. = stylopharyngeus (in recent Dicts.). ǁ Stylopharyngeus, a muscle arising from the styloid process and separating the superior and middle constrictions of the pharynx. ǁ Stylostemon [Gr. στήμων: see STAMEN] (see quot.).
1671. Phillips, *Styloglossum.
1684. Blancard’s Phys. Dict., Styloglossum, is that pair of Muscles which lift up the Tongue.
1728. Chambers, Cycl., Styloglossus, a pair of Muscles, running off sharp and fleshy, from the Processus Styloides.
1837. R. Knox, Cloquet’s Anat., 177. The styloglossus muscle.
1897. Proc. Zool. Soc., 376. The *stylo-mandibular ligament.
1831. R. Knox, Cloquet’s Anat., 177. *Stylomaxillary Ligament.
1888. Rolleston & Jackson, Anim. Life, 477. The *Stylommatophorous Pulmonata.
1684. trans. Blancard’s Phys. Dict., *Stylopharyngæus is a pair of Muscles that dilate the Gullet.
1897. Proc. Zool. Soc., 377. The stylo-pharyngeus is always present though small.
1856. Henslow, Dict. Bot. Terms, *Stylostemon, an epigynous stamen, originating in adhesion of the filament to the style.
