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Definition of Lingual

Lingual: 1. Having to do with the tongue. 2. Next to the tongue. In dentistry, the tooth surface next to the tongue. 3. Toward the tongue. 4. Produced by the tongue as, for example, lingual speech. 

From the Latin lingua meaning tongue. See also: Perilingual; Postlingual; Prelingual; Sublingual.

Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary
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Last Editorial Review: 12/12/2003

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