loading...| Preferred Name |
Tongue Disorders |
| Definitions |
<p>Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Your tongue is made up of many muscles. The upper surface contains your taste buds. </p> <p>Problems with the tongue include:</p><ul> <li> Pain </li> <li> Swelling</li> <li> Changes in color or texture</li> <li> Abnormal movement or difficulty moving the tongue</li> <li> <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/tasteandsmelldisorders.html">Taste</a> problems</li> </ul> <p>These problems can have many different causes. Treatment depends on the underlying problem.</p> |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0040409 |
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C0040409 |
| Date created |
08/24/2009 |
| definition |
Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Your tongue is made up of many muscles. The upper surface contains your taste buds. Problems with the tongue include:
These problems can have many different causes. Treatment depends on the underlying problem. |
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| MP OTHER LANGUAGE URL |
Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/tonguedisorders.html |
| notation |
C0040409 |
| prefLabel |
Tongue Disorders |
| Related to |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C1456703 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0026636 |
| Scope Statement |
Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Problems with the tongue can have many different causes. Learn more.https://medlineplus.gov/tonguedisorders.html |
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T047 |
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