Glossitis definitions

Glossitis

1) Inflammation 2) Inflammation of the tongue 3) Redness 4) Rubor
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Glossitis can mean soreness of the tongue, or more usually inflammation with depapillation of the dorsal surface of the tongue (loss of the lingual papillae), leaving a smooth and erythematous (reddened) surface, (sometimes specifically termed atrophic glossitis). In a wider sense, glossitis can mean inflammation of the tongue generally. Glossitis...
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Glossitis

• (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.
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glossitis

(gloss- + -itis) inflammation of the tongue.
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glossitis

inflammation of the tongue characterized by loss of the surface papillae, a condition that gives the affected area a smooth, red appearance. ... [1 related articles]
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glossitis

<pathology> Inflammation of the tongue. ... (14 Oct 1997) ...
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glossitis

(glos-i´tis) inflammation of the tongue. median rhomboid glossitis a congenital disorder of noninflammatory origin, characterized by a somewhat rhomboid reddish, smooth, and shiny lesion with some opalescent spots, occurring at about the middle third of the dorsal surface of the ...
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Glossitis

Glos·si'tis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... tongue + -itis .] (Medicine) Inflammation of the tongue.
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