glossocele

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noun

Swelling or edema of the tongue, with consequent extrusion of the organ.

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Meanings

nounglossocele (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSwelling or edema of the tongue, with consequent extrusion of the organ.

    Inflammatory glossocele must be combated by antiphlogistics.

    1845, Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, page 338

Origin

From glosso- + -cele.

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