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1. (n.) ranula
a cystic growth on the underside of the tongue.
Etymology: (1650–60; < L rānula little frog, swelling =rān(a) frog +-ula -ule)
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1. (noun) ranula
a cyst on the underside of the tongue
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1. (noun) ranula
a cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland
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1. ranula
A form of retention cyst of the floor of the mouth, usually due to obstruction of the ducts of the submaxillary or sublingual glands, presenting a slowly enlarging painless deep burrowing mucocele of one side of the mouth. It is also called sublingual cyst and sublingual ptyalocele.
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