glossal

glossal
  a. pertaining to tongue.
   ♦ glossalgia, n. pain in tongue.
   ♦ glossator,
   ♦ glossographer,
  n. writer of glosses or commentaries.
   ♦ glossectomy, n. removal of tongue.
   ♦ glosseme, n. smallest meaningful unit of a language.
   ♦ glossitis, n. inflammation of tongue.
   ♦ glossoid, a. tongue-like.
   ♦ glossolalia,
   ♦ glossolaly, n. gift of tongues.
   ♦ glossology, n. terminology; study of language; medical study of tongue.
   ♦ glossopathym, n. disease of tongue.
   ♦ glossophagine, a. feeding with tongue.
   ♦ glossoplegia, n. paralysis of tongue.

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  • Glossal — Glos sal, a. Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • glossal — [gläs′əl, glôs′əl] adj. [ GLOSSA + AL] of the tongue …   English World dictionary

  • glossal — SYN: lingual (1). * * * glos·sal gläs əl, glȯs adj of or relating to the tongue <glossal inflammation> …   Medical dictionary

  • glossal — /glos euhl, glaw seuhl/, adj. of or pertaining to the tongue. [1855 60; GLOSS(A) + AL1] * * * …   Universalium

  • glossal — adjective Of, or relating to the tongue …   Wiktionary

  • glossal — Synonyms and related words: accented, alveolar, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dental,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • glossal — adj. lingual, of the tongue …   English contemporary dictionary

  • glossal — [ glɒs(ə)l] adjective Anatomy, rare of the tongue; lingual. Origin C19: from Gk glōssa tongue + al …   English new terms dictionary

  • glossal — glos·sal …   English syllables

  • glossal — glos•sal [[t]ˈglɒs əl, ˈglɔ səl[/t]] adj. anat. of or pertaining to the tongue • Etymology: 1860 …   From formal English to slang

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