sublingual gland
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]sublingual gland (plural sublingual glands)
- (anatomy) A small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in the mandible near the symphysis.
- Synonym: sublingual salivary gland
- Coordinate terms: parotid gland, submandibular gland
Translations
[edit]small salivary gland
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References
[edit]- “sublingual gland”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.