Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated beneath or on the underside of the tongue.
- noun A sublingual part, such as a gland, artery, or duct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated under the tongue, or on the under side of the tongue; hypoglossal: specifying various structures. Also
subglossal . - Of or pertaining to the sublingua.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Situated under the tongue.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy
Beneath thetongue
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective beneath the tongue
Etymologies
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Examples
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WHITE: There's a lot of work that's being done with what we call sublingual immunotherapy.
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So researchers have been testing needle-free alternatives, either in a daily tablet or as drops left under the tongue, which patients can self-administer at home -- so-called sublingual immunotherapy.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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It was looking at an alternative to allergy shots to build up an immunity against ragweed called sublingual immunotherapy.
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So researchers have been testing needle-free alternatives, either in a daily tablet or as drops left under the tongue, which patients can self-administer at home -- so-called sublingual immunotherapy.
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It was looking at an alternative to allergy shots to build up an immunity against ragweed called sublingual immunotherapy.
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Allergists, pediatric allergists as well as specialists that offer alternative allergy treatments such as sublingual allergy serum drops.
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Intermezzo is a sublingual, smaller-dose formulation of zolpidem.
Tracey Marks, M.D.: Don't Sleep and Drive: How to Avoid Complex Sleep Behaviors M.D. Tracey Marks 2012
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Intermezzo is a sublingual, smaller-dose formulation of zolpidem.
Tracey Marks, M.D.: Don't Sleep and Drive: How to Avoid Complex Sleep Behaviors M.D. Tracey Marks 2012
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Intermezzo is a sublingual, smaller-dose formulation of zolpidem.
Tracey Marks, M.D.: Don't Sleep and Drive: How to Avoid Complex Sleep Behaviors M.D. Tracey Marks 2012
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"If you give her a Nexium, then you're responsible if she has a heart attack," said the attendant, breaking out uncoated aspirin and sublingual nitroglycerin, which dissolves under your tongue and dilates the blood vessels so there's more blood flow going to the heart, relieving angina.
A Flight Attendant From Hell Marisa Acocella Marchetto 2012
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