Usually means: Surgical removal or incision of tongue.
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▸ noun:  (surgery) dissection of the tongue

Similar:
glossectomy, hemiglossectomy, tonguectomy, laryngotomy, epiglottidectomy, dissection, mucotomy, ophthalmotomy, pharyngotomy, cheilotomy, more...

Opposite:
aglossia, anarthria, aphasia

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Similar:
glossectomy, hemiglossectomy, tonguectomy, laryngotomy, epiglottidectomy, dissection, mucotomy, ophthalmotomy, pharyngotomy, cheilotomy, more...

Opposite:
aglossia, anarthria, aphasia



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