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glossalgia

noun

pain in the tongue

• Syn: ↑glossodynia

• Hypernyms: ↑pain, ↑hurting

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\\gläˈsalj(ē)ə, glȯˈ-\ noun (-s)

Etymology: New Latin, from gloss- + -algia

: pain localized in the tongue; especially : neuralgic pain in the tongue

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glossalgia Path.

(glɒˈsældʒɪə)

[mod.L., a. Gr. γλωσσαλγία, in class. Gr. only in sense ‘talking till one's tongue aches’, f. γλῶσσα tongue + ἄλγος pain; cf. F. glossalgie.]

Pain in the tongue, neuralgia of the tongue.

in Craig.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.