Definition of Glossodynia

1. Noun. Pain in the tongue.

Exact synonyms: Glossalgia
Generic synonyms: Hurting, Pain

Definition of Glossodynia

1. Noun. (medicine) A burning sensation on the lips, tongue or entire mouth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Glossodynia

1. Pain in the tongue, glossalgia. Origin: Gr. Odyn = pain (14 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossodynia

glossist
glossists
glossitic
glossitis
glossitis areata exfoliativa
glossitis desiccans
glossitises
glossless
glosso-
glossocele
glossocinesthetic
glossocoma
glossocomon
glossodontotropism
glossodynamometer
glossodynia (current term)
glossodynia exfoliativa
glossoepiglottic
glossoepiglottic ligament
glossogenetic
glossograph
glossographer
glossographers
glossographical
glossographies
glossography
glossohyal
glossohyals
glossokinesthetic

Literary usage of Glossodynia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Digestive Organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"glossodynia comprises indefinable painful sensations in the tongue which may torment the patient for hours or days. It is a condition, therefore, ..."

2. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological Association by American Laryngological Association (1917)
"... glossodynia AND FOCAL INFECTION GREENFIELD SLUDER, MD Anatomical observation and description of the lingual tonsil was given by ..."

3. Diseases of the Nervous System: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by Hermann Oppenheim, Edward E. Mayer (1904)
"glossodynia (NEUROSIS OF THE TONGUE). This symptom—we cannot call it an independent disease—consists in paresthesias, particularly in a burning and ..."

4. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"(2) glossodynia of the insane, starting as a local paresthesia. ... (6) glossodynia due to local causes. These may be classified into the extrinsic and ..."

5. Year Book of the Nose, Throat and Ear by G P Head, Albert H Andrews (1901)
"Rheumatism of the tongue muscles; glossodynia from local causes in mouth and ... Chauveau further (43, Nov., '99) states that glossodynia, not of central ..."

6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1900)
"glossodynia, or lingual pain without any gross lesion of the tongue, is divided by C. ... (2) glossodynia in the insane, met with in general paralysis, ..."

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