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Medical Term:

median sulcus of tongue

Definition

a slight longitudinal depression on the dorsal surface of the tongue extending from the foramen cecum and dividing the dorsum into right and left halves.

Synonym(s): sulcus medianus linguaeTA, median groove of tongue, median longitudinal raphe of tongue, raphe linguae

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