Enlargement of the tongue, either developmental in origin or secondary to a neoplasm or vascular hamartoma. SYN: megaloglossia. [macro- + G. glossa, tongue]
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mac·ro·glos·sia .mak-rō-'gläs-ē-ə, -'glȯs- n pathological and commonly congenital enlargement of the tongue
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n.
an abnormally large tongue. It may be due to a congenital defect, such as thyroid deficiency (cretinism); to infiltration of the tongue with amyloid or a tumour; or to obstruction of the lymph vessels.
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mac·ro·glos·sia (mak″ro-glosґe-ə) [macro- + gloss- + -ia] excessive size of the tongue.Medical dictionary. 2011.