The above conditions are known as macroglossia, which is a congenital hypertrophy of the tongue analogous to elephantiasis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
On physical examination, restricted jaw mobility and macroglossia were noted. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
All affected dogs had a similar clinical presentation for dysphagia and macroglossia since an early age. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Here belong in part also the imperfections of speech that are occasioned by too large a tongue (macroglossia). From Wordnik.com. [The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.] Reference
Similar to the cases we describe in CKCS, macroglossia and dysphagia are prominent features of both GRMD and CXMDj. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
In certain cases of macroglossia in children, the lesion has been found to be a fibromatosis of the nerves of the tongue, analogous to the plexiform neuroma. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
An enlarged tongue (macroglossia). From Wordnik.com. [Beckwith-Weidemann Syndrome] Reference
Lymphangiomatous macroglossia, 540. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Tongue, absence of, 540 atrophy of, 540 bifid, 540 cancer of, 534 inoperable, 537 cysts, 537 dental ulcer of, 529 foot and mouth disease, 530 foreign bodies in, 529 glossitis, 530 gumma of, 533 hemi-glossitis, 530 inflammatory affections of, 530 leucokeratosis, 530 leucoplakia, 530 macroglossia, 540 malformations of, 540 mucous patches on, 533 nervous affections of, 540 neuralgia of, 540 paralysis of, 542 sarcoma of, 536 sclerosing glossitis, 533 smoker's parch, 532 spasm of, 542 surgical anatomy of, 528 syphilis of, 533. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
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