ranula

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Etymology

Late Middle English, coined by French physician and surgeon Guy de Chauliac: borrowed from Latin rānula (a little frog, a tadpole; a little swelling on the tongue of cattle).

Pronunciation

Noun

ranula (plural ranulae or ranulas)

  1. (pathology) A tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.

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Latin

Etymology

From rāna (a frog) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

rānula f (genitive rānulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of rāna:
    1. (literally, Classical Latin) A little frog, a tadpole.
    2. (transferred sense, post-classical, pathology) A little swelling on the tongue of cattle.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rānula rānulae
genitive rānulae rānulārum
dative rānulae rānulīs
accusative rānulam rānulās
ablative rānulā rānulīs
vocative rānula rānulae

Descendants

  • English: ranula

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