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ranula

UK/ˈɹan.jʊl.ə/US/ˈɹæn.jəl.ə/

ranula noun: a tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.

Noun

ranula (plural ranulae or ranulas)

  1. A tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.

ranula meaning in Tamil

ranula in Tamil

நாக்கினடியில் வீக்கம், நாக்கு அடி வீக்கம், நாவடி வீக்கம், நூதலம், நாக்கின் அடியில்

Forms of ranula

pluralranulae
pluralranulas

Origin of ranula

Late Middle English, coined by French physician and surgeon Guy de Chauliac: borrowed from Latin rānula (“a little frog, a tadpole; a little swelling on the tongue of cattle”).

Words formed from ranula

Questions about ranula

What does ranula mean?
Ranula means a tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.
What is ranula in Tamil?
Ranula in Tamil is நாக்கினடியில் வீக்கம், நாக்கு அடி வீக்கம், நாவடி வீக்கம். See Ranula meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ranula?
Ranula is a noun.
How do you pronounce ranula?
Ranula is pronounced /ˈɹan.jʊl.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ranula?
The plural of ranula is ranulae.

Words near ranula in the dictionary

  1. rantsonas
  2. ranty
  3. Rantz
  4. Rantzes
  5. Ranua
  6. ranula
  7. ranulae
  8. ranular
  9. ranulas
  10. Ranulph
  11. Ranum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ranula (page history and authors); ranula (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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