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sublingual gland n a small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in the mandible near the symphysis called also sublingual salivary gland
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one of a pair of salivary gland situated in the lower part of the mouth, one on either side of the tongue. The sublingual glands are the smallest salivary glands; each gland has about 20 ducts, most of which open into the mouth directly above the gland.
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glandula sublingualis.Medical dictionary. 2011.