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Definition of Glossal
1. a. Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
Definition of Glossal
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to the tongue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glossal
1. glossa [adj] - See also: glossa
Medical Definition of Glossal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossal
Literary usage of Glossal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"Externally, it is connected with the stylo- glossal and palato-glossal muscles,
and is in contact with the stylo- hyoid and digastric muscles, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The Hyo-glossal membrane is a strong fibrous lamina which connects the under
surface of the base of the tongue to the body of the hyoid bone. ..."
3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1892)
"SINCE my return from India I have noticed a paper, by Dr Marshall, on "The
Thyro-glossal Duct" in the twenty-sixth volume of this Journal, p. 94. ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"The Valite of Sulphate of Copper in glossal Cancer. ... Patients with glossal
cancer seem to resign themselves with great fortitude to their sufferings, ..."
5. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"CHAPTER VII REMOVAL OF THE THYREO-glossal AND BRANCHIAL CYSTS AND FISTULA
THYREO-glossal CYSTS THESE are formed in connexion with the tract of ..."
6. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"REMOVAL OF A CYST OF THE TONGUE DUE TO A PERSISTENT THYREO-glossal DUCT The
tumours of the tongue which are caused by the presence of a thyreo-glossal cyst ..."
7. A Treatise on physiology and hygiene by John Call Dalton (1887)
"Movements of Expression.—Facial Nerve—its Distribution—its Motive Power.—Paralysis
of the Face.—Hypo- glossal Nerve.—Movements of the Tongue. ..."
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