(1) In addition to a survey of differential diagnoses to be considered in cases of macroglossia, rare general disorders connected with macroglossia are pointed out.
(2) In addition to the macroglossia, the typical facial signs of this syndrome such as capillary haemangioma of the glabella, soft tissue folds under the eyes and linear indentations of the ear lobes are demonstrable.
(3) The oral ability to recognize forms and oral motor ability were studied by means of two specific tests in 27 subjects, 10 to 23 years of age, before and after tongue reduction because of macroglossia.
(4) The frontal protrusion is corrected by osteotomy, the vertical and anteroposterior facial disproportion by bimaxillary procedures, the nasal deformity by rhinoplasty or skull bone grafting, and the macroglossia by tongue resection.
(5) A case of macroglossia following neck clipping of VA-PICA aneurysm is described.
(6) The orofacial myologist should be alert to the presence of possible pathology of the tongue during orofacial examination, and refer suspected instances of macroglossia to an appropriate medical resource for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
(7) Based on normal measurements it was concluded that macroglossia is present if the tongue is wider than 50 mm and the genioglossus wider than 11 mm.
(8) Nine patients with symptomatic macroglossia, 3 with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, 3 with Down's syndrome, and 3 with lymphatic malformation of the tongue, were evaluated for postoperative improvement following partial glossectomy.
(9) It is suggested that the triad of intrauterine growth retardation, macroglossia, and transient neonatal diabetes mellitus constitutes a distinct clinical entity.
(10) From the analysis of individual cases it results that muscular idiopathic hypertrophy is the most recurrent cause of macroglossia.
(11) This phenotype includes retrognathia, relative macroglossia, and cleft palate.
(12) The main clinical and radiological signs may be summarized as follows: growth at lower limits of normal; poor facial expression; round, flat face with high, broad forehead, fine, highly arched eyebrows, pseudohyperthelorism, microphthalmia, flat, broad bridged nose, hypoplasia of the bony structures of the central area of the face, "fish mouth", macroglossia, micrognathia; short neck; marked dextroconvex lumbar scoliosis; psychomotor delay of mild degree; selective, more pronounced speech delay.
(13) The present investigation examines the natural history of the macroglossia associated with a case of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) and its influence on dentofacial development.
(14) They present the procedure of the diagnosis and differential diagnosis for this patient, they emphasize their conclusions (considerations) and make comments on the coexistence or correlation of macroglossia with amyloidosis.
(15) We present a case of macroglossia secondary to amyloidosis causing obstructive sleep apnea that was successfully treated with low pressures of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (5 cm of water).
(16) Prevalence proved significantly high, particularly as regards joint crepitus, reduced mandibular mobility, pain in the masticatory muscles and macroglossia.
(17) Macroglossia can cause a wide spectrum of problems in the pediatric population.
(18) We describe five cases of macroglossia in patients with posterior fossa disease and suggest that the primary mechanism is neurogenically determined rather than one of vascular obstruction or local trauma.
(19) We describe a patient who presented with macroglossia and was found to have a necrotizing vasculitis with giant cells on lingual biopsy.
(20) Intra-oral extensions were detected in five and three of these caused macroglossia resulting in partial respiratory obstruction.
Tongue
Definition:
(n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
(n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.
(n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
(n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy.
(n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
(n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
(n.) A people having a distinct language.
(n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
(n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
(n.) The lingua of an insect.
(n.) Any small sole.
(n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
(n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
(n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
(n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
(n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
(n.) The clapper of a bell.
(n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
(n.) Same as Reed, n., 5.
(v. t.) To speak; to utter.
(v. t.) To chide; to scold.
(v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
(v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
(v. i.) To talk; to prate.
(v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stabilized mandible allowed suspension of the tongue.
(2) Patients with cancer of floor of the mouth and oral tongue had higher odds ratios for alcohol drinking than subjects with cancers of other sites.
(3) Pekka Isosomppi Press counsellor, Finnish embassy, London • It may have been said tongue in cheek, but I must correct Michael Booth on one thing – his claim that no one talks about cricket in Denmark .
(4) The concentration dependences of response of frog tongue to D-fructose, D-glucose, and sucrose were almost the same, D-galactose, however, elicited a much larger response in comparison with the other sugars in the whole range of concentrations examined.
(5) A case of osteosarcoma of the tongue is reported, with microscopic findings.
(6) In the QHCl-sucrose condition components separated by the tongue's midline and those spatially mixed produced equal amounts of bitterness suppression.
(7) S. sanguis also adhered to human tongues better than the serum-requiring diphtheroid.
(8) On the basis of these studies, four of the neonates required a tongue-lip adhesion to stabilize the airway.
(9) With the aid of analysis of afferent impulse activity in the cat chorda tympani, it was shown that the effect of application of organic acids solutions of the same pH to the tongue could be represented as follows: propionic acid greater than lactic acid greater than pyruvic acid.
(10) Experimentally induced tongue contact with a variety of solid surfaces during lapping (an activity involving accumulation of a liquid bolus in the valleculae) induced neither increased jaw opening nor the additional EMG pattern.
(11) Application of 1 mM BT (pH 6.3) to the human tongue statistically potentiated the taste of 0.2 M NaCl and 0.2 M LiCl by 33.5% and 12.5% respectively.
(12) The first manifestation was often extranodular (9 patients tonsil, 8 parotid gland, 8 base of tongue, 7 nasopharynx).
(13) The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards didn’t achieve the same degree of controversy as last year’s celebration of tongues, twerking and teddy bears , but between a speech by a homeless teen, an ill-timed wardrobe malfunction, and Beyoncé’s spectacular, epic, show-stopping finale, there were nevertheless a few moments worth watching.
(14) We report the case of an 8-month-old female with an unusual duplication cyst in the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.
(15) It represents the seventh case to occur in the base of tongue and the second to be associated with pregnancy.
(16) CR-ir was also observed in nerve fibers surrounding neuronal cell bodies in autonomic ganglia, and in nerve endings in the lip, tongue, incisal papilla, soft palate, pharynx and epiglottis.
(17) We have examined the keratin proteins in normal human oral mucosa from 6 different regions including hard palate, buccal mucosa, tongue, gingiva and floor of the mouth.
(18) Queen's speech: the day ‘psychoactive drugs’ tripped off the royal tongue Read more The first Queen’s speech of the second term should be golden.
(19) Additional documented organ involvement included liver (two of 10), rectal (three of 10), renal (two of 10), gingiva (two of 10), and tongue (one of 10), although invasive biopsies were not performed in a majority of patients.
(20) Sheet preparations of the stratum granulosum from the epithelium of the ventral surface of mouse tongue permit examination of cell replacement of this maturation compartment of the tissue.