glossitis /glos·si·tis/ (glos-i´tis) inflammation of the tongue.
median rhomboid glossitis,
glossitis (glôsī´tis),
median (mē´dē
n),
median rhomboid glossitis
glossitis area´ta exfoliati´va , benign migratory glossitis an inflammatory disease of the tongue characterized by multiple annular areas of desquamation of the filiform papillae, presenting as reddish lesions outlined in yellow that shift from area to area every few days.
median rhomboid glossitis a congenital anomaly of the tongue, with a reddish patch or plaque on the midline of the dorsal surface.
| median rhomboid glossitis n. A congenital disorder of the tongue characterized by a rhomboid or ovoid, sometimes elevated red area in the dorsal midline, just anterior to the vallate papillae, that lacks lingual papillae. |
median rhomboid glossitis,
a red, depressed, diamond-shaped area on the dorsum of the tongue, frequently irritated by alcohol, hot drinks, or spicy foods. The condition most often occurs in adult men and may be caused by candidiasis. Also called rhomboid glossitis.
glossitis (glôsī´tis),
n an inflammation of the tongue.
glossitis areata exfoliativa,
n See tongue, geographic.
glossitis, atrophic,
n (bald tongue, smooth tongue) the atrophy of the glossal papillae, resulting in a smooth tongue. The tongue may be pallid or erythematous and may appear small or enlarged. It may be associated with anemias, pellagra, vitamin B complex deficiencies, sprue, or other systemic diseases or may be local in origin. Because atrophy may be one phase, and circumscribed, painful, glossal excoriations may be another phase of one or more of the same systemic disease(s), much confusion in terminology has arisen (e.g., Moeller's glossitis; Hunter's glossitis; slick, glazed, varnished, glossy, or bald tongue; chronic superficial erythematous glossitis; glossodynia exfoliativa; beefy tongue; and pellagrous glossitis).
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Glossitis.
glossitis, benign migratory,
n See tongue, geographic.
glossitis exfoliativa,
n See glossitis, Moeller's.
glossitis, interstitial sclerous,
n (Clarke-Fournier glossitis), nodular, lobulated, indurated tongue associated with terminal syphilis.
glossitis, median rhomboid,
glossitis migrans,
n See tongue, geographic.
median (mē´dē
n),adj 1. pertaining to the middle.
n 2. a measure of central tendency attained by a calculation or count that separates all cases in a ranked distribution into halves. The median may be used as an average score.
n 2. a measure of central tendency attained by a calculation or count that separates all cases in a ranked distribution into halves. The median may be used as an average score.
median lethal dose,
n See dose, lethal, median.
median line,
n See line, median.
median mandibular point,
n See point, median mandibular.
median nerve,
n one of the terminal branches of the brachial plexus that extends along the radial portions of the forearm and the hand and supplies various muscles and the skin of these parts.
median retruded relation,
n See relation, centric.
median rhomboid glossitis,
n See atrophy, central papillary.
median sagittal plane,
n See plane, median sagittal.
median rhomboid glossitis
A condition now considered a manifestation of chronic infection by C albicans, facilitated by hyperglycemia as in DM Clinical Rhomboid or diamond-shaped red plaque or patch on the dorsum of the tongue anterior
to circumvallate papillae Treatment Nystatin or amphotericin B may cause regression
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