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glossal
[ glos-uhl, glaw-suhl ]
/ ˈglɒs əl, ˈglɔ səl /
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adjective
of or relating to the tongue.
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OTHER WORDS FROM glossal
sub·glos·sal, adjectiveWords nearby glossal
glory-of-the-sun, glory-pea, Glos, gloss, glossa, glossal, glossary, glossator, glossectomy, glossematics, glosseme
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How to use glossal in a sentence
Besides this there are fibres passing from the cortex to the deep origins of the facial and hypo-glossal nerves.
A sebaceous cyst may reach such dimensions as to simulate a dermoid or thyreo-glossal cyst.
This tube is called the thyro-glossal duct and is entodermal in origin.