ranula

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 6
Words With Friends: 9
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈɹan.jʊl.ə/

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/ˈɹan.jʊl.ə/ · /ˈɹæn.jəl.ə/

Definition of ranula

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.

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Etymology

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”).

Anagrams of ranula

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2-letter words

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