Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sublingual gland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: sub-lin-gual g-land
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in the mandible near the symphysis.

Inflected Forms

sublingual glands (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

parotid gland submandibular gland

Synonyms

sublingual salivary gland

Questions

What does sublingual gland mean?: A small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in the mandible near the symphysis.

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