macroglossia

English

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -glossia.

Noun

macroglossia (uncountable)

  1. Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for macroglossia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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Italian

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -glossia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.kro.ɡlosˈsi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: ma‧cro‧glos‧sì‧a

Noun

macroglossia f (plural macroglossie)

  1. (medicine) macroglossia

Further reading
  • macroglossia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • macroglossia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • macroglossia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • macroglossìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • macroglossìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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