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Added 10 October 2026

lingualis

/lɪŋˈɡwæl.ɪs/ noun

Latin root: linguālis Wiktionary

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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.

Origin

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

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