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glosso- +‎ -cele

Noun

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glossocele (uncountable)

  1. Swelling or edema of the tongue, with consequent extrusion of the organ.
    • 1845, Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, page 338:
      Inflammatory glossocele must be combated by antiphlogistics.