Etymology

red strawberry tongue

Today it means: A form of strawberry tongue (glossitis) where the tongue's white coating is lost and a dark red, erythematous surface is revealed, interspaced with the hyperplastic fungiform papillae. Full definition →

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* Rhymes: -ʌŋ

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