| AIS | Abbreviated Injury Scale; amniotic infection syndrome; androgen insensitivity syndrome; anterior int... |
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| ANAS | anastomosis; auditory nerve activating substance |
| ANI | acute nerve irritation |
| anti-PNM Ab | anti-peripheral nerve myelin antibody |
| C1 | first cervical nerve; first cervical vertebra; first component of complement |
| lateral lingual swellings | In the embryo, paired oval elevations that appear in the floor of the mouth at mandibular arch level; the primordial elevations, composed of mesenchyme covered by ectoderm of stomodeal origin, merge to form the greater part of the anterior two thirds of the tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lingual | <dentistry> The tooth surface next to your tongue or things mounted on the tooth surfaces next to your tongue. (08 Jan 1998) |
| lingual aponeurosis | The thickened lamina propria of the tongue to which the lingual muscles attach. Synonym: aponeurosis linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual appliances | <dentistry> Orthodontic appliance fixed to the inside of your teeth. I.e. Lingual appliances are attached to the part of your teeth next to your tongue. (08 Jan 1998) |
| lingual arch | <dentistry> An orthodontic wire attached from molar to molar in the inside of your teeth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| lingual artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, external carotid; distribution, runs along under surface of tongue, terminates as deep lingual artery; branches, suprahyoid and dorsal lingual branches and sublingual artery. Synonym: arteria lingualis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual bar | A major connector located lingual to the dental arch joining two or more bilateral parts of a mandibular removable partial denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual bone | <anatomy> A U-shaped bone lying between the mandible and the larynx, suspended from the styloid processes by slender stylohyoid ligaments. See: hyoid apparatus. Synonym: os hyoideum, lingual bone, tongue bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual crypt | A pit lined with epithelium in the lingual tonsil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual embrasure | A space existing on the lingual aspect of the interproximal contact area between adjacent teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual-facial-buccal dyskinesia | A syndrome of potentially irreversible, involuntary, dyskinetic movements that may develop in patients who have been treated with antipsychotic medications (for example phenothiazines) longer-term. Other drugs known to cause tardive dyskinesia include: tricyclic antidepressants, selegiline, clozapine, levamisole and metoclopramide. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lingual flange | The portion of the flange of a mandibular denture that occupies the space adjacent to the tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual flap | A flap derived from the tongue; used to close a defect in an adjacent part, such as the lip or palate. Synonym: lingual flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual follicles | Collections of lymphoid tissue in the mucosa of the pharyngeal part of the tongue posterior to the terminal sulcus collectively forming the lingual tonsil. Synonym: lenticular papillae, lingual follicles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual frenulum | A fold of mucous membrane extending from the floor of the mouth to the midline of the undersurface of the tongue. Synonym: frenulum linguae, frenulum of tongue, vinculum linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |