hypoglottishypoglossisn.
/hʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒtɪs//hɪpə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒtɪs/ /haɪpə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒsɪs//hɪpə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒsɪs/ 1. Anatomy and Medicine. (See quot.)
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Hypoglossis, or Hypoglottis, a little piece of Flesh that joyns the Tongue to the nether part of the Mouth: Also an Inflammation or Ulcer under the Tongue;..also a Medicine proper to lie and dissolve under the Tongue, to take away Roughness in the Throat.
1886 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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2. Entomology. A sclerite occasionally present between the mentum and labium of certain Coleoptera, as in clavicorn and serricorn beetles.
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hypoglottidian1657
sublingual1661
hypoglottian1678
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Aa3 Pastilles..called..from the manner of their use Hypoglottidian.
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