Definition of "glossal" []

• Of or relating to the tongue. (adjective)

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• "_ -- These may originate in a diverticulum of a vein that has become isolated, or in a cavernous angioma; or they may be due to hæmorrhage taking place into a branchial or thyreo-glossal cyst."
• "The _cystic lymphangioma_, _hygroma_, or _hydrocele of the neck_ (Fig. 274), has been described with affections of lymphatics (Volume I., p. 327); and _thyreo-glossal cysts in the neck_ at p. 583."
• "_ -- The thyreo-glossal _cyst_ is developed in relation to the thyreo-glossal tract of His, which in early embryonic life extends from the foramen cæcum at the base of the tongue to the isthmus of the thyreoid."