LINGUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lingual mean? 

• LINGUAL (noun)
  The noun LINGUAL has 1 sense:

1. a consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs

  Familiarity information: LINGUAL used as a noun is very rare.

• LINGUAL (adjective)
  The adjective LINGUAL has 2 senses:

1. consisting of or related to language

2. pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue

  Familiarity information: LINGUAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINGUAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("lingual" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

• LINGUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of or related to language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

lingual; linguistic

Context example:

lingual diversity

Pertainym:

language (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Derivation:

lingua (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the lingual surface of the teeth

Pertainym:

tongue (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)

Derivation:

lingua (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)

 Context examples 

It usually occurs within the lingual and buccal mucosa.

(Oral Cavity Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A small fold of tissue that limits the movements of an organ or body part; for example, the lingual frenulum connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth and restrains its movement.

(Frenulum, NCI Thesaurus)

Excision of the apical portion of a tooth root through an opening made in the overlying labial, buccal, lingual, or palatal alveolar bone.

(Apicoectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

The lingual or upper surface of the epiglottis.

(Anterior Surface of the Epiglottis, NCI Thesaurus)

The anterior extreme of the tongue which can be made pointed for sensing or probing and which rests against the lingual aspect of the incisor teeth.

(Apex of the Tongue, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the external carotid artery between the thyroid and facial arteries that runs under the tongue and becomes the deep lingual or ranine artery.

(Lingual Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A product that is packaged under pressure and contains therapeutically active ingredients that are released upon activation of an appropriate valve system; it is intended for topical application to the skin as well as local application into the nose (nasal aerosols), mouth (lingual aerosols), or lungs (inhalation aerosols).

(Aerosol Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)