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Slovak
Etymology
Cognate with Czech hlíza.
Pronunciation
Noun
hľuza f
- (botany) tuber
- (medicine) abscess
- Synonym: absces
- (geology) a type of concretion
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hľuza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024