lingual
Example Sentences
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Fiona and Ben were told by a midwife that they would be better off getting tongue-tie surgery, also known as a lingual frenotomy, privately, as there would be a long wait on the NHS.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
He also suggested Patient A underwent a lingual tongue-tie release, which he said would allow her to rest with her tongue on the roof of her mouth and strengthen the jaw.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2022
It seemed likely that the author was aware of the potential of those words to challenge “She sells sea shells by the sea shore” in the lingual dexterity sweepstakes.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022
The division is both geographical and lingual: ancient Sumerian is not related to any modern language, but the Akkadian family of languages was Semitic, related to modern languages like Arabic and Hebrew.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
If we were to translate these into English lingual equivalents of one ounce per hundredweight, then the value would be 17.9 ounces per short ton.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
