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In herpetology, pertaining to frogs; related or belonging to the Ranidæ; raniform.
In anatomy, pertaining to the under side of the tip of the tongue, where a tumor called a ranula is sometimes formed. The ranine artery is the termination of the lingual artery, running to the tip of the tongue; it is accompanied by the ranine vein.

The chief artery, the _lingual_, a branch of the external carotid, passes forward beneath the hyoglossus muscle, and is continued to the apex as the ranine, lying nearer the under than the upper aspect of the tongue. — Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
The blood is returned to the internal jugular by the ranine vein, which can be seen under the mucous membrane on the inferior aspect near the frenum, and by the venæ comites of the lingual artery and its branches. — Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.