Medical Terminology / Unit 10 MedTerm 0586 short lesson, about 20 seconds
lingu/o: Tongue
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The idea
The combining form lingu slash o also names the tongue, and comes from Latin.
In practice
Sublingual means beneath the tongue.
Where people slip
Gloss slash o and lingu slash o name one structure, as Greek and Latin pairs do.
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