Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the tongue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the tongue. Also
glottitis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the tongue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine An inflammatory condition of the
tongue .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of the tongue
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Examples
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_Acute parenchymatous glossitis and hemi-glossitis_; _Mercurial glossitis_; _Chronic superficial glossitis_; _Leucoplakia_;
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The tongue may be smooth, shiny and inflamed (this is called glossitis).
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Pellagra: Pellagra was common, manifest by conjunctivitis, glossitis, amblyopia, angular stomatitis, geographic tongues (often with deep grooves and severe sensitivity), and scrotal dermatitis of varying degrees including sloughing.
Blood Brothers Jacobs, Col Eugene 1985
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Pellagra: Pellagra was common, manifest by conjunctivitis, glossitis, amblyopia, angular stomatitis, geographic tongues (often with deep grooves and severe sensitivity), and scrotal dermatitis of varying degrees including sloughing.
Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book Colonel Eugene C. Jacobs
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The disease is probably due to congenital defect aggravated by frequent attacks of glossitis, and the treatment consists in the removal of the protruding portions by the knife, ligation, the cautery, or écraseur.
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The disease is probably due to congenital defect aggravated by frequent attacks of glossitis, and the treatment consists in the removal of the protruding portions by the knife, ligation, the cautery, or ecraseur.
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The tongue may share in the swelling -- mercurial glossitis.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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_ -- Several forms of chronic superficial glossitis are met with.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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_Sclerosing glossitis_ is the term applied by Fournier to a condition in which there is an abundant new formation of granulation tissue in the substance of the tongue, leading to the appearance of tuberous masses on the dorsum.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Chronic superficial glossitis associated with leucoplakia, and syphilitic fissures, ulcers, or scars, also act as predisposing factors.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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