Letter L

Lingual

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<B>1.</B> Having to do with the tongue.

<B>2.</B> Next to the tongue.

In dentistry, the tooth surface next to the tongue.

<B>3.</B> Toward the tongue.

<B>4.</B> Produced by the tongue as, for example, lingual speech.&nbsp;</P> From the Latin lingua meaning tongue.

See also: Perilingual; Postlingual; Prelingual; Sublingual.

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