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DictionarySeeglossitisEncyclopediaSeeatrophic gastritisatrophic glossitis
a·troph·ic glos·si·tisan erythematous, edematous, and painful tongue that appears smooth because of loss of the filiform and sometimes the fungiform papillae secondary to certain nutritional deficiencies, especially B-vitamin deficiencies, as seen in pellagra, thiamin deficiency, and disorders such as pernicious anemia (Hunter or Moeller glossitis).Synonym(s): bald tongue Synonym(s): bald tongueatrophic glossitis Complete atrophy of lingual papillae, seen in pernicious or iron-deficiency anaemias, pellagra (bald tongue of Sandwith) and syphilis. The condition is more common in alcoholics and linked to poor nutrition.
Clinical findings
Pain, burning, beefy colour of the tongue.Moeller, Julius Otto Ludwig, German surgeon, 1819-1887. Moeller glossitis - Synonym(s): Moeller-Hunter syndromeMoeller-Hunter syndrome - red, swollen, and painful tongue. Synonym(s): atrophic glossitis; Hunter glossitis; Moeller glossitisa·troph·ic glos·si·tis (ă-trō'fik glos-ītis) Erythematous, edematous, and painful tongue condition that appears smooth because of loss of the filiform and sometimes the fungiform papillae due to nutritional deficiencies.
Synonym(s): smooth tongue. |