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sublingual

[ suhb-ling-gwuhl ]

adjective

  1. situated under the tongue, or on the underside of the tongue.


noun

  1. a sublingual gland, artery, or the like.

sublingual

/ sʌbˈlɪŋɡwəl /

adjective

  1. anatomy situated beneath the tongue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sublingual1

1655–65; < New Latin sublinguālis; sub-, lingual
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Example Sentences

And I ve been studying physiology all the year without ever hearing of sublingual glands.

Under the conjunctivæ there are extravasations of bright red blood; and sublingual hæmatoma has been observed (Beatson).

Many had swelling of the tonsils, parotids, submaxillary and sublingual glands.

Many other children had these ulcerations behind the ears, sometimes with swelling of the parotid and sublingual glands.

The submaxillary and sublingual glands are enlarged and the neighboring lymphatics swollen.

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