lingualis

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from New Latin linguālis, ellipsis of mūsculus linguālis (“lingual muscle”). Doublet of lingual. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /lɪŋˈɡwæl.ɪs/, /lɪŋˈɡweɪ.lɪs/, /lɪŋˈɡwɑl.ɪs/ Rhymes: -ælɪs, -eɪlɪs, -ɑːlɪs === Noun === lingualis (plural linguales) (anatomy) A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ. === References === Henry Gray (1875), Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical == Latin == === Etymology === From lingua (“the tongue”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [lɪŋˈɡʷaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [liŋˈɡʷaː.lis] === Adjective === linguālis (neuter linguāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin) lingual ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ====