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English
Etymology
From macro- + -glossia.
Noun
macroglossia (uncountable)
- (medicine) Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue; an excessively large tongue.
Derived terms
Translations
enlargement of the tongue
References
Anagrams
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)
- (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