sublingual gland

English

Noun

sublingual gland (plural sublingual glands)

(anatomy) A small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in the mandible near the symphysis.
Synonym: sublingual salivary gland

Coordinate terms: parotid gland, submandibular gland

Translations

small salivary gland

Chinese:
Mandarin: 舌下腺 (zh) (shéxiàxiàn)
Finnish: kielenalussylkirauhanen
French: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: під'язико́ва за́лоза f (pidʺjazykóva záloza)

References

“sublingual gland”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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