Meanings
adjectiveglossoepiglottic (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyPertaining to the tongue and epiglottis.
glossoepiglottic folds
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glossoepiglottic fossae
glossoepiglottic vallecula
Synonyms: glossoepiglottidean
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to the tongue and epiglottis.
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Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā
- Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
- Englishglosso-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Hellenic*epí
- Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
- Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
- Ancient Greekγλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)
- New Latinepiglōtti
- Englishepiglottis
- Englishepiglottic
- Englishglossoepiglottic
From glosso- + epiglottic.
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