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From glosso- + -cele.
glossocele (uncountable)
- Swelling or edema of the tongue, with consequent extrusion of the organ.
1845, Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, page 338:Inflammatory glossocele must be combated by antiphlogistics.
