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单词 ranula
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Definition of ranula in English:

ranula

noun ˈranjʊlə
Medicine
  • A tumour or swelling located in the floor of the mouth beneath the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele arising from a sublingual salivary gland.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From classical Latin rānula little frog (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also small swelling under the tongue of cattle from rāna frog + -ula.

 
 

Definition of ranula in US English:

ranula

nounˈranjʊlə
Medicine
  • A tumour or swelling located in the floor of the mouth beneath the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele arising from a sublingual salivary gland.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From classical Latin rānula little frog (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also small swelling under the tongue of cattle from rāna frog + -ula.

 
 
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