GLOSSITIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Inflammation of the tongue

Classified under:

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

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glossitis"):

acute glossitis (glossitis resulting from injury or infection and characterized by swelling and pain)

chronic glossitis (glossitis with atrophy of tongue tissue; sometimes accompanies pernicious anemia)

glossodynia exfoliativa; Moeller's glossitis (a superficial form of glossitis marked by irregular red patches on the tongue and sensitivity to hot or spicy food)