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glossal

American

[glos-uhl, glaw-suhl] / ˈglɒs əl, ˈglɔ səl /

adjective

of or relating to the tongue.

Other Word Forms

subglossal

adjective

Etymology

Origin of glossal

First recorded in 1855–60; gloss(a) + -al ¹

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