Glossoplegia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Paralysis of the tongue. uncountable

    "If so, how can it be admitted that a lingual paralysis, or rather a glossoplegia, in cases of brain disease, depends on the destruction or alteration of conductors or cells employed in the production of voluntary movements in the tongue?"

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"If so, how can it be admitted that a lingual paralysis, or rather a glossoplegia, in cases of brain disease, depends on the destruction or alteration of conductors or cells employed in the production of voluntary movements in the tongue?"

Etymology

From glosso- + -plegia.

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