- Look up
lingual in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Lingual may
refer to: Tongue, a
muscular hydrostat on the
floors of the
mouths of most vertebrates...
- A
lingual plate is a type of
mandibular major connector that is used in a
removable partial denture in the
field of dentistry. It is a type of
major connector...
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occurred in the 1830s. The word is a
combination of multi- ("many") and -
lingual ("pertaining to languages"). The
phenomenon of
multilingualism is as old...
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Lingual papillae (sg.: papilla, from
Latin lingua 'tongue' and papilla 'nipple, teat') are
small structures on the
upper surface of the
tongue that give...
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Transient lingual papillitis (TLP) is a
medical term for painful, hypertrophic, red, and
white lingual papillae on the tongue. TLP is also
called lie bumps...
- tongue's
upper surface (dorsum) is
covered by
taste buds
housed in
numerous lingual papillae. It is
sensitive and kept
moist by
saliva and is
richly supplied...
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Lingual lipase is a
member of a
family of
digestive enzymes called triacylglycerol lipases, EC 3.1.1.3, that use the
catalytic triad of aspartate, histidine...
- Bow
Lingual (バウリンガル), or "Bow-
Lingual" as the
North American version is spelled, is a computer-based dog language-to-human
language translation device...
- The
lingual artery arises from the
external carotid artery between the
superior thyroid artery and
facial artery. It can be
located easily in the tongue...
- The
lingual nerve carries sensory innervation from the
anterior two-thirds of the tongue. It
contains fibres from both the
mandibular division of the...
