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Sublingual vs Sublingua - What's the difference?

sublingual | sublingua |

In anatomy terms the difference between sublingual and sublingua

is that sublingual is situated beneath the tongue while sublingua is a muscular secondary tongue found below the primary tongue in prosimian primates.

As an adjective sublingual

is administered through placement under the tongue.

As a noun sublingua is

a muscular secondary tongue found below the primary tongue in prosimian primates.

sublingual

Adjective

(-)
  • (medicine) Administered through placement under the tongue.
  • (anatomy) Situated beneath the tongue.
  • Derived terms

    * sublingual artery * sublingual caruncle * sublingual duct * sublingual gland * sublingual immunotherapy * sublingual nerve * sublingual nucleus

    sublingua

    English

    Noun

    (sublinguae)
  • (anatomy) A muscular secondary tongue found below the primary tongue in prosimian primates.