lingualis
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin linguālis, ellipsis of mūsculus linguālis (“lingual muscle”). Doublet of lingual.
Pronunciation
Noun
lingualis (plural linguales)
- (anatomy) A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.
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Etymology
From lingua (“the tongue”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /linˈɡʷaː.lis/, [lʲɪŋˈɡʷäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /linˈɡwa.lis/, [liŋˈɡwäːlis]
Adjective
linguālis (neuter linguāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
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