glossocele

English

Etymology

From glosso- +‎ -cele.

Noun

glossocele (uncountable)

1. Swelling or edema of the tongue, with consequent extrusion of the organ.
   • 1845, Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, page 338:

     Inflammatory glossocele must be combated by antiphlogistics.