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sublingual

[suhb-ling-gwuhl]

sub·lin·gual

[suhb-ling-gwuhl] Anatomy
adjective
1.
situated under the tongue, or on the underside of the tongue.
noun
2.
a sublingual gland, artery, or the like.

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Sublingual is always a great word to know.
So is bicuspid. Does it mean:
of, relating to, situated, or performed in the region below the lower jaw
having or terminating in two cusps or points, as certain teeth

Origin:
1655–65; < Neo-Latin sublinguālis; see sub-, lingual
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sublingual (sʌbˈlɪŋɡwəl)
 
adj
anatomy situated beneath the tongue

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sublingual sub·lin·gual (sŭb-lĭng'gwəl)
adj.
Below or beneath the tongue; hypoglossal.

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