raspberry tongue

tongue (tung) the movable muscular organ on the floor of the mouth; it is the chief organ of taste, and aids in mastication, swallowing, and speech.

The tongue, showing principal structures.

---

bifid tongue  one with an anterior lengthwise cleft.

black tongue , black hairy tongue hairy tongue in which the papillae are brown or black.

cleft tongue  bifid t.

coated tongue  one covered with a whitish or yellowish layer consisting of desquamated epithelium, debris, bacteria, fungi, etc.

fissured tongue , furrowed tongue a tongue with numerous furrows or grooves on the dorsal surface, often radiating from a groove on the midline; it is sometimes a familial condition.

geographic tongue  benign migratory glossitis.

hairy tongue  one with the papillae elongated and hairlike.

raspberry tongue  a red, uncoated tongue, with elevated papillae, as seen a few days after the onset of the rash in scarlet fever.

red strawberry tongue  raspberry t..

scrotal tongue  fissured t.

white strawberry tongue  the white-coated tongue with prominent red papillae characteristic of the early stage of scarlet fever.

---

raspberry tongue

[raz′berē]

a dark red tongue with a smooth surface and prominent papillae, seen after shedding of the white coating characteristic of the early stage of scarlet fever. See also strawberry tongue.

---

raspberry tongue

A descriptor for the characteristic enanthema of scarlet fever, in which the tongue is bright red with edematous white papillae. Cf Strawberry tongue.