| 单词 | sublingual gland |
| 释义 | > as lemmassublingual gland sublingual gland n. (more fully sublingual salivary gland) [after post-classical Latin glandula sublingualis (1653 or earlier)] Anatomy and Zoology either of a pair of small salivary glands located under the tongue, one on each side of the floor of the mouth. ΚΠ 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 229 [The use of] the Musculus Mylohyoideus..in Compressing its subjacent sublingual Glands. 1779 B. Wilmer Cases & Remarks Surg. 81 (note) He contends that the ranula is occasioned by a dilatation of the sublingual salivary gland. 1847 W. Youatt Horse viii. 206 The sublingual glands..sometimes enlarge..and are called gigs, and bladders, and flaps in the mouth. 1904 Jrnl. Med. & Sci. 10 146/2 Pressure over the submaxillary and sublingual glands increased the quantity of pus showing that both glands were involved in the suppurative process. 2001 Brit. Jrnl. Oral & Maxillofacial Surg. 39 217 The author advises that the unconditional removal of the sublingual gland should not be the standard treatment for all ranulas. < as lemmas |
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