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lingual
1. Of or pertaining to the tongue or a tonguelike organ or part.
2. Glossal; tonguelike; specifically, in phonetics, formed with the aid of the tongue; applied to the dental sounds; such as, t, d, n, and s.
3. Relating to language or languages.
Word Entries containing the term: “lingual
frenulum linguae, lingual frenulum (s) (nouns)
A fold of mucous membrane extending from the bottom of the mouth to the midline of the undersurface of the tongue: "The frenulum linguae attaches the tongue to the bottom of the mouth and appears to restrain or to control it."
lingual septum (s) (noun), lingual septa (pl)
A sheet of connective tissue that separates the two halves of the togue.
This entry is located in the following unit: sept-, septi-, septo- (page 1)