macroglossia

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English

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Etymology

From macro- +‎ -glossia.

Noun

macroglossia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue; an excessively large tongue.

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Italian

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -glossia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.kro.ɡlosˈsi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: ma‧cro‧glos‧sì‧a

Noun

macroglossia f (plural macroglossie)

  1. (medicine) macroglossia

Further reading

  • macroglossia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • macroglossia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • macroglossia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • macroglossìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • macroglossìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana