Meanings
plural sublingual glands
- anatomyA small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in the mandible near the symphysis.
Synonyms: sublingual salivary gland
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in the mandible near the symphysis.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna small salivary gland that produces mucin (the viscous component of saliva); in human beings it is located on either side of the mouth under the tongue
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 舌下腺
- 舌下腺 (shéxiàxiàn)small salivary gland
Finnish kielenalussylkirauhanen
- kielenalussylkirauhanensmall salivary gland
Ukrainian під'язико́ва за́лоза
- під'язико́ва за́лоза (pidʺjazykóva záloza)small salivary gland
Cite this entry
sublingual gland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingual%20gland
“sublingual gland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingual%20gland. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sublingual gland,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingual%20gland.
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