| lingual retainers | <dentistry> A variation of the lingual arch going from cuspids to cuspid. (08 Jan 1998) |
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| lingual salivary gland depression | An indentation on the lingual surface of the mandible within which a portion of the submandibular gland lies; it appears radiographically as a sharply circumscribed ovoid radiolucency between the mandibular canal and the inferior border of the posterior mandible. Synonym: Stafne bone cyst, static bone cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual septum | 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) |
| lingual splint | One similar to the labial splint, but conforming to the inner aspect of the dental arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual surface of tooth | The surface of a tooth that faces the tongue; opposite to the facies vestibulum dentis. Synonym: facies lingualis dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual tonsil | A collection of lymphoid follicles on the posterior or pharyngeal portion of the dorsum of the tongue. Synonym: tonsilla lingualis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual trophoneurosis | Atrophy of one lateral half of the tongue. Synonym: lingual trophoneurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual vein | <anatomy, vein> Receives blood from the tongue, sublingual and submandibular glands, and muscles of the floor of the mouth; empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein. Synonym: vena lingualis. (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) |
| Linguatula | A genus of endoparasitic bloodsucking arthropods (family Linguatulidae, class Pentastomida), commonly known as tongue worms; once thought to be degenerate Acarina, but now generally considered to be a small but distinctive early offshoot of the Arthropoda. Adult worms are found in lungs or air passages of various hosts (e.g., reptiles, birds, carnivores); young worms are found in a great variety of hosts, including humans, but chiefly in animals that serve as prey. Origin: L. Linguatulus, tongued (05 Mar 2000) |
| Linguatula rhinaria | A species most common in Europe, but also found in the United States, South America, and probably elsewhere; the adult is a whitish, soft, flattened, annulated worm equipped with hooks by which it attaches itself to the nasal mucosa of dogs and other canids; the larvae develop in the liver and lymph nodes of rodents, swine, cattle, and sometimes man and other primates. Synonym: Linguatula rhinaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Linguatula serrata | A species most common in Europe, but also found in the United States, South America, and probably elsewhere; the adult is a whitish, soft, flattened, annulated worm equipped with hooks by which it attaches itself to the nasal mucosa of dogs and other canids; the larvae develop in the liver and lymph nodes of rodents, swine, cattle, and sometimes man and other primates. Synonym: Linguatula rhinaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linguatuliasis | Infection with Linguatula. See: halzoun. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linguatulida | <zoology> Same as Linguatulina. Origin: NL, fr. L. Lingua tongue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Linguatulidae | One of the families of Pentastomida of medical interest, the other being the Porocephalidae. Linguatulidae have flattened bodies; adults inhabit the nasal cavities of various carnivores, such as the dog and cat, and larval forms are found in tissues of rodents, herbivores, and other animals; both larvae and adults have been reported from humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ling | a person who speaks more than one language |
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| ling | a specialist in linguistics |
| ling | consisting of or related to language |
| ling | of or relating to the scientific study of language |
| ling | an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features |
| ling | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
| ling | discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation |
| ling | the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features |
| ling | the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication |
| ling | (linguistics) a process involved in human language |
| ling | a relation between linguistic forms or constituents |
| ling | (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice |