glosso-, gloss-, -glossa, -glossia +

The smallest meaningful unit of a language.

An irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling.

1. A short definition, explanation, or translation of a word or phrase that may be unfamiliar to the reader, often located in a margin or collected in an appendix or glossary.
2. A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or technical expression usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text or manuscript or a collection of such notes; a glossary.
3. An extensive commentary, often accompanying a text or publication.
4. A purposefully misleading interpretation or explanation; to give a false interpretation to something.

Inflammation, or burning, of the tongue.

A swelling and protrusion of the tongue resulting from disease or malformation.

Denoting, or referring to, the subjective sensation of the movements of the tongue.

Retraction of the tongue.

1. A device for measuring the strength of the tongue muscles.
2. An apparatus for estimating the contractile force of the tongue muscles.
3. An instrument for measuring the capacity of the tongue to resist pressure.

1. A pain in the tongue or a painful tongue.
2. Paresthesia (numbness, tingling, stinging, burning) marked by a burning sensation of the tongue.

Painful, bald, beefy tongue, seen in certain deficiency diseases.

Referring to the ligament between the base of the tongue (usually the posterior portion) and the epiglottis.

Relating to the tongue and the epiglottis.

An instrument for recording the tongue's movements during speech.

1. Someone who compiles glosses or glossaries.
2. A writer of a glossary; a commentator.

1. The writing of glosses or commentaries; the compiling of glossaries.
2. A written description of the tongue. A description or grouping of languages.
3. An instrument for recording the movements of the tongue when speaking.

1. A reference to the writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.
2. Descriptive of the compilation of glosses or glossaries.