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glossoptosis

glossoptosis noun: the abnormal downward displacement or retraction of the tongue.

Noun

glossoptosis (countable and uncountable, plural glossoptoses)

  1. The abnormal downward displacement or retraction of the tongue.

glossoptosis meaning in Tamil

glossoptosis in Tamil

நாத்தொங்கல், நாவீக்கம்

Forms of glossoptosis

pluralglossoptoses

Origin of glossoptosis

From glosso- + ptosis.

Questions about glossoptosis

What does glossoptosis mean?
Glossoptosis means the abnormal downward displacement or retraction of the tongue.
What is glossoptosis in Tamil?
Glossoptosis in Tamil is நாத்தொங்கல், நாவீக்கம். See Glossoptosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is glossoptosis?
Glossoptosis is a noun.
What is the plural of glossoptosis?
The plural of glossoptosis is glossoptoses.

Words near glossoptosis in the dictionary

  1. glossopoeic
  2. glossopterid
  3. glossopteridaceous
  4. glossopterids
  5. glossoptoses
  6. glossoptosis
  7. glossoptotic
  8. glossopyrosis
  9. glossoscolecid
  10. glossoscolecids
  11. glossosomatid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glossoptosis (page history and authors); glossoptosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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