sublingual gland

English

Noun

sublingual gland (plural sublingual glands)

1. (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

Translations

small salivary gland

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舌下腺 (zh) (shéxiàxiàn)

• Finnish: kielenalussylkirauhanen
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: під'язико́ва за́лоза f (pidʺjazykóva záloza)

References

• “sublingual gland”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.