lingualis

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin

Noun

lingualis

  1. (anatomy) A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.

References

  • 1875, Henry Gray, Anatomy, descriptive and surgical.
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