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

References

“sublingual gland”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

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