glossitis
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9.1
- noun
- /ɡlɑːˈsaɪtɪs/
- Specialized
:
glositis
- Amnesia, glossitis
- glossitis and tongue
Examples
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You can get glossitis and herpetic stomatitis.
Fiction book (1995) -
Larynxis, glossitis
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During her check-up, the doctor explained that her swollen tongue was a sign of glossitis.
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Patients with glossitis often experience redness and pain in their tongue.
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After eating spicy foods, he realized that he had developed glossitis, causing discomfort while eating.
Compounds
- Specialized
A long-lasting swelling and sore feeling of the tongue that can make it look smooth
- Specialized
A sudden painful swelling of the tongue usually from injury or infection
- Specialized
A mild tongue condition with irregular red patches that makes spicy or hot foods hurt
How Inflamed
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
glossitis = gloss (opaque) = gloss + itis
The combining form 'gloss-' meaning 'tongue' is a technical medical morpheme and is not familiar to average learners, so the overall meaning is not easily derivable.
Etymology
Glossitis comes from the Greek word glossa, meaning 'tongue', plus the ending -itis, meaning 'inflammation'. So glossitis is an inflammation of the tongue, just like tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils.