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glossal

[ glos-uhl, glaw-suhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the tongue.

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Other Words From

  • sub·glossal adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of glossal1

First recorded in 1855–60; gloss(a) + -al 1

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Example Sentences

Besides this there are fibres passing from the cortex to the deep origins of the facial and hypo-glossal nerves.

A sebaceous cyst may reach such dimensions as to simulate a dermoid or thyreo-glossal cyst.

This tube is called the thyro-glossal duct and is entodermal in origin.

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