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lingualis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /lɪŋˈɡwæl.ɪs/
  • General-American: /lɪŋˈɡweɪ.lɪs/
  • General-American: /lɪŋˈɡwɑl.ɪs/
  • rhymes with -ælɪs
  • rhymes with -eɪlɪs
  • rhymes with -ɑːlɪs

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noun

Meaning 1

A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin linguālis, ellipsis of mūsculus linguālis (“lingual muscle”). Doublet of lingual.