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GEOGRAPHICAL TONGUE

\d͡ʒˌɪəɡɹˈafɪkə͡l tˈʌŋ], \d‍ʒˌɪəɡɹˈafɪkə‍l tˈʌŋ], \dʒ_ˌɪ__ə_ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_f_ɪ_k_əl t_ˈʌ_ŋ]\

Definitions of GEOGRAPHICAL TONGUE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Presence on the tongue of denudations bordered by thickened epithelium.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A t. affected with a serpiginous epithelial affection (e. g., leukoplakia) that makes it look like a map.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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