Anatomy
sublingual gland
sub·lin·gual gland [ suhb-ling-gwuhl gland ]
Subclass of:
Salivary Glands
Definitions related to sublingual gland:
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(gland, salivary, sublingual) The salivary gland located under the tongue in the floor of the oral cavity or adjacent to the submandibular salivary gland.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A salivary gland on each side of the mouth below the TONGUE.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Smallest of the three chief, paired salivary glands, draining the oral cavity.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(sublingual salivary gland) A salivary gland located under the tongue in the floor of the oral cavity.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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