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sublingual
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sublingual /sub·lin·gual/ (-ling´gwal) hypoglossal; beneath the tongue.
sub·lin·gual (sb-lnggwl)
adj. Abbr. SL
Below or beneath the tongue; hypoglossal.

sublingual
[səbling′gwəl]
Etymology: L, sub + lingua, tongue
pertaining to the area beneath the tongue.

sublingual [sub-ling´gwal]
beneath the tongue; called also hypoglossal and subglossal.
Administration of a sublingual medication. From Lammon et al., 1995.

sublingual (subling´gwl),
adj pertaining to the region of structures located beneath the tongue.
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Sublingual.
sublingual administration,
sublingual caruncle,
sublingual crescent,
n See crescent, sublingual.
sublingual duct,
sublingual fold,
sublingual fossa,
sublingual gland,
sublingual space,

sublingual
beneath the tongue.

sublingual gland
a salivary gland on either side under the tongue.


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9) The floor-of-the-mouth lesions typically present as thin-walled, unilocular masses located in the submandibular or sublingual space.
In contrast, the root of the mandibular incisors lies above the mylohyoid muscle, and infection of the incisors tends to spread to the sublingual space.
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