| tongue phenomenon | <clinical sign> In latent tetany, tapping the tongue causes its depression with a concave dorsum. Synonym: tongue phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tongue-shaped | <botany> Shaped like a tongue; specifically, linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tongue-swallowing | A slipping back of the tongue against the pharynx, causing choking. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tongue thrust | The infantile pattern of the suckle-swallow movement in which the tongue is placed between the incisor teeth or the alveolar ridges during the initial stage of swallowing, resulting sometimes in an anterior open bite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tongue-tie | <medicine> Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| transverse muscle of tongue | An intrinsic muscle of the tongue, the fibres of which arise from the septum and radiate to the dorsum and sides; action, decreases lateral dimension of the tongue; nerve supply, hypoglossal for motor, lingual for sensory. Synonym: musculus transversus linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fissured 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) |
| foramen caecum of tongue | <anatomy> A median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; it is the site of origin of the thyroid gland and subsequent thyroglossal duct in the embryo. Synonym: foramen caecum linguae, blind foramen of the tongue, caecal foramen of the tongue, Morgagni's foramen, pleuroperitoneal foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frenulum of tongue | 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) |
| furred 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) |
| long-tongue | torticollis Previous: writing, writing hand, wrongful life, wrought wire, wrybill, wrymouthNext: wry neck, wuchereria, wuchereria bancrofti, Wuchereria malayilong-tongue -->wry neck 1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis. Medically called spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis. The most common of the focal dystonias. In torticollis, the muscles in the neck that control the position of the head are affected, causing the head to twist and turn to one side. In addition, the head may be pulled forward or backward. 2. <ornithology> Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. Torguilla); so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Synonym: cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anterior white commissure | A narrow band of white substance bordering on the anterior median fissure of the spinal cord in front of the anterior gray commissure, and consisting of nerve fibres crossing over from one half of the spinal cord to the other. Synonym: commissura alba, anterior white commissure, commissura ventralis alba, ventral white column. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue white colour selection | <molecular biology, procedure> Method for identifying bacterial clones containing plasmids with inserts. Many modern vectors have their polycloning site within a part of the LacZ gene encoding _ galactosidase, which provides _ complementation in an appropriate mutant E. Coli strain. This means that a re ligated (empty) vector will produce blue colonies when grown on plates containing IPTG and X gal, but colonies with a substantial insert in their plasmid's polycloning site are unable to produce functional _ galactosidase and so produce white colonies. (16 Dec 1997) |
| Bouffardi's white mycetoma | <dermatology> A form of mycetoma common in India and found occasionally in Somalia, caused by the organism Streptomyces somaliensis; in this variety, the muscles, tendons, and bones of the foot are destroyed by the disease process; numerous draining sinuses discharge yellowish grains, clustered like fish roe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brumpt's white mycetoma | Mycetoma caused by Pseudallescheria boydii, occurring in temperate and subtropical areas in India; small, white to yellow, hard to soft granules are discharged through the draining sinuses. (05 Mar 2000) |