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glossoplegia

glossoplegia noun: paralysis of the tongue.

Noun

glossoplegia (uncountable)

  1. Paralysis of the tongue.
    • If so, how can it be admitted that a lingual paralysis, or rather a glossoplegia, in cases of brain disease, depends on the destruction or alteration of conductors or cells employed in the production of voluntary movements in the tongue?1878 February 2, C. E. Brown-Séquard, “The Psysiological Pathology of the Brain”, in The Lancet, volume 1, page 154

glossoplegia meaning in Tamil

glossoplegia in Tamil

கரு நாக்கு, கருநா, நாவாதம்

Origin of glossoplegia

From glosso- + -plegia.

Questions about glossoplegia

What does glossoplegia mean?
Glossoplegia means paralysis of the tongue.
What is glossoplegia in Tamil?
Glossoplegia in Tamil is கரு நாக்கு, கருநா, நாவாதம். See Glossoplegia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is glossoplegia?
Glossoplegia is a noun.

Words near glossoplegia in the dictionary

  1. glossopharynx
  2. glossophile
  3. glossophiles
  4. glossophilia
  5. glossophobia
  6. glossoplegia
  7. glossopoeia
  8. glossopoeic
  9. glossopterid
  10. glossopteridaceous
  11. glossopterids

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