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ranula

ra·nula

UK/ˈɹan.jʊl.ə/ US/ˈɹæn.jəl.ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a cyst on the underside of the tongue

Origin

Late Middle English, coined by French physician and surgeon Guy de Chauliac: borrowed from Latin rānula (“a little frog, a tadpole; a little swelling on the tongue of cattle”).

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