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FILIFORM PAPILLAE (OF THE TONGUE)

\fˈɪlɪfˌɔːm pˈapɪlˌiː ɒvðə tˈʌŋ], \fˈɪlɪfˌɔːm pˈapɪlˌiː ɒvðə tˈʌŋ], \f_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_f_ˌɔː_m p_ˈa_p_ɪ_l_ˌiː__ ɒ_v_ð_ə t_ˈʌ_ŋ]\

Definitions of FILIFORM PAPILLAE (OF THE TONGUE)

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Minute, conical or cylindrical, simple or compound eminences on the dorsum of the tongue, very numerous except near its base. Taste buds are not found in them, but their denser covering of horny epithelium suggests a mechanical use.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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