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glossocele

glossocele noun: swelling or edema of the tongue, with consequent extrusion of the organ.

Noun

glossocele (uncountable)

  1. Swelling 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

glossocele meaning in Tamil

glossocele in Tamil

நாத் தள்ளல், நாப்பிதுக்கம்

Origin of glossocele

From glosso- + -cele.

Questions about glossocele

What does glossocele mean?
Glossocele means swelling or edema of the tongue, with consequent extrusion of the organ.
What is glossocele in Tamil?
Glossocele in Tamil is நாத் தள்ளல், நாப்பிதுக்கம். See Glossocele meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is glossocele?
Glossocele is a noun.

Words near glossocele in the dictionary

  1. glossless
  2. glosslessness
  3. glossmeter
  4. glossmeters
  5. glosso-
  6. glossocele
  7. glossocoma
  8. glossocomon
  9. Glossodia
  10. glossodynia
  11. glossoepiglottic

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