| root of tongue | The posterior attached portion of the tongue. Synonym: radix linguae, base of tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cleft tongue | A structural defect of the tongue in which the extremity is divided longitudinally for a greater or lesser distance. See: diglossia. Synonym: cleft tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coated tongue | A tongue with a whitish layer on its upper surface, composed of epithelial debris, food particles, and bacteria; often an indication of indigestion or of fever. Synonym: furred tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wooden tongue of cattle | A disease characterised by suppurative and granulomatous lesions in the respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, skin, kidneys, joints, and other tissues. Actinobacillus lignieresii infects cattle and sheep while a. Equuli infects horses and pigs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| muscles of tongue | The extrinsic muscles include the genioglossus, hyoglossus, chondroglossus, and styloglossus muscles; the intrinsic muscles are the vertical, transverse, and the superior and inferior longitudinal; all are innervated by the hypoglssal nerve. Synonym: musculi linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postsulcal part of tongue | See: dorsum of tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hairy tongue | A tongue with abnormal elongation of the filiform papillae, resulting in a thickened furry appearance. Synonym: glossotrichia, trichoglossia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hart-tongue | 1. <botany> A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. 2. <botany> A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida. (06 Mar 1998) |
| presulcal part of tongue | See: dorsum of tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrotal tongue | A painless condition of the tongue characterised by numerous grooves or furrows on the dorsal surface. Synonym: grooved tongue, lingua fissurata, lingua plicata, scrotal tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hobnail tongue | Interstitial glossitis with hypertrophy and verrucous changes in papillae; seen in some cases of late acquired syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hound's-tongue | <botany> A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odour. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Synonym: dog's-tongue. Origin: AS. Hundes tunge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| septum of tongue | The median vertical fibrous partition of the tongue merging posteriorly into the aponeurosis of the tongue. Synonym: septum linguae, septum of tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| smoker's tongue | An obsolete term for leukoplakia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| snake's-tongue | <botany> Same as Adder's-tongue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |