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Lingula

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Lingua is the Latin for a tongue. Lingual is the adjective used to describe tongue-shaped objects.

Lingula is the modern anatomical noun for an object, or parts of objects, resembling a tongue e.g.:

  • cerebellar lingula of the brain
  • left lung lingula
  • lingula of the sphenoid bone

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