HAIRY TONGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hairy tongue mean? 

• HAIRY TONGUE (noun)
  The noun HAIRY TONGUE has 1 sense:

1. a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue

  Familiarity information: HAIRY TONGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAIRY TONGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

black tongue; furry tongue; hairy tongue

Hypernyms ("hairy tongue" is a kind of...):

side effect (a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy)