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Definition of Lingual

1. Adjective. Consisting of or related to language. "Lingual diversity"

2. Noun. A consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs.

3. Adjective. Pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue. "The lingual surface of the teeth"

Definition of Lingual

1. a. Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.

2. n. A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.

Definition of Lingual

1. Adjective. Related to the tongue. ¹

2. Adjective. Related to language or linguistics. ¹

3. Adjective. (phonetics) articulated with the tongue ¹

4. Adjective. (dentistry) Of a lower tooth, on the side facing the tongue. See mesial. ¹

5. Noun. (phonetics) a sound articulated with the tongue ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lingual

1. a sound articulated with the tongue [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lingual

1. The tooth surface next to your tongue or things mounted on the tooth surfaces next to your tongue. (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lingual

lingsters lingua lingua cerebelli lingua dissecta lingua franca lingua francas lingua frenata lingua geographica lingua nigra linguacious

linguadental linguadentals linguae lingual (current term) lingual-facial-buccal dyskinesia lingual aponeurosis lingual appliances lingual arch lingual artery lingual bar

lingual bone lingual branch of facial nerve lingual branches lingual crypt lingual embrasure lingual flange lingual flap lingual follicles

Literary usage of Lingual

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"This vein receives in its course the facial, lingual, pharyngeal, superior and ... The lingual veins commence on the dorsum, sides, and under surface of the ..."

2. Descriptive anatomy of the human teeth by Greene Vardiman Black (1897)
"RIGHT UPPER FIRST MOLAR, OCCLUSAL SURFACE, with five cusps, a, Mesio-buccal cusp; b, disto-buccal cusp; c, mesio-lingual cusp; d, disto- lingual cusp; e, ..."

3. Practical orthodontia by Martin Dewey (1919)
"¡the mesio-buccal inclined plane of the lingual cusp of the mandibular second ... I the mesio-lingual inclined plane J of the disto-buccal cusp of the ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1881)
"Here the sensory lingual was apparently the means of causing motor effects. It must be remembered, however, that this is not a case of the union of motor ..."

5. A Sanskrit Grammar: Including Both the Classical Language, and the Older by William Dwight Whitney (1913)
"All these, except the first two, are more or less open to question. 228. In general, final lingual ‘Tv, in internal combination, is treated in the same ..."

6. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1993)
"This system is currently being developed for use in a multi-lingual setting, ... System Structure Our Multi-lingual Text-Retrieval system consisted of a ..."

7. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1868)
"On the Typical Value of the lingual Dentition in the right Distribution of the Genera of Gasteropoda into Natural Groups and Families. ..."

8. The Throat and nose and their diseases by Lennox Browne, Isaac Lennox Browne, Mayo Collier, James Cagney, Vitruvius Harold Wyatt Wingrave (1899)
"No mention is made of the lingual tonsil by Hippocrates or other ancient author, and the first to draw attention to it was the great Vesalius (1543) ..."

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