Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cyst on the underside of the tongue caused by the obstruction of a duct of a salivary gland.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cystic tumor caused by the obstruction of the duct of a small mucous gland on the under surface of the tongue, the so-called Blandin-Nuhn gland.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
cyst on the floor of the mouth, under the tongue, which is associated with an obstruction of the majorsalivary gland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cyst on the underside of the tongue
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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# -- The term ranula is applied to any cystic tumour formed in connection with the glands in the floor of the mouth.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Among the affections of the tongue he numbers abscess, fissure, ulcer, cancer, ranula, shortening of the ligaments, hypertrophy, erythema of the mucous membrane, and inflammatory swelling.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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Sublingual gland, inflammation of, 548 ranula of, 549 surgical anatomy of, 543 tumours of, 552
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Cystic tumours, similar to the sublingual ranula, form in the other glands in the floor of the mouth -- for example, the incisive gland, which lies just behind the symphysis menti, as well as in the apical gland on the under aspect of the tip of the tongue.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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In rare cases children are born with a cystic swelling in the floor of the mouth -- the so-called _congenital ranula_.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The _sublingual ranula_ is the most common variety.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Can i lip cysts/ranula return if you've had the whole sac removed not just drained?
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