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noun
A shallow depression in the posterior dorsal midline of the tongue that is the remnant of the more cranial part of the embryonic duct from which the thyroid gland developed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: foramen
History
Borrowed from New Latin forāmen caecum (“an invisible, hidden opening”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
