glossoplegia

English

Etymology

glosso- + -plegia

Noun

glossoplegia (uncountable)

  1. Paralysis of the tongue.
    • 1878 February 2, C. E. Brown-Séquard, “The Psysiological Pathology of the Brain”, in The Lancet, volume 1, page 154:
      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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