geographical tongue

[ jē′ə-grăf′ĭ-kəl ]

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n.

A chronic inflammation of the tongue characterized by distinct somewhat circular groupings of lesions bounded by a white band.benign migratory glossitis erythema migrans linguae pityriasis linguae

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Words nearby geographical tongue

geognosy, geographer, geographical, geographical determinism, geographical mile, geographical tongue, geographic determinism, Geographic Information System, geographic mile, geographic north, geographic range

Example sentences from the Web for geographical tongue

After the release of the trailer for the special last week, TLC received a requisite and perhaps well-deserved tongue-lashing.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Abramson, biting her tongue, was widely portrayed in rival outlets as classily above the fray.
The Bloodiest Media Coups of 2014|Lloyd Grove|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The second is strangled tongue disease, the English inability to express real feelings in conversation.
Why Can’t Movies Capture Genius?|Clive Irving|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Language was no barrier; just about every tongue on the planet was babbling away, caught up in the elaborate mystique of a cult.
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

One of the precious and underappreciated jewels of America has always been its geographical diversity.
Andrew Cuomo Ignores Rural New York|David Fontana|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

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