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COATED TONGUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A tongue covered with a whitish or yellowish layer consisting of desquamated epithelium, debris, bacteria, fungi, or other material which is readily removed by scraping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Langue chargée, recouverte d'un dépôt blanc-jaunâtre; le plus souvent asymptomatique, ce phénomène peut avoir pour origine un dysfonctionnement digestif ou une infection.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lips and Tongue

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lèvres et langue
OBS

Veillon/Nobel, Dictionnaire médical, Berne, Verlag Hans Huber, 1969

Spanish

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