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noun
Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue; an excessively large tongue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh2ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh2ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -glossia English macroglossia From macro- + -glossia.
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