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Macroglossia

Definition: Macroglossia

Macroglossia

Noun

1. A congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Macroglossia \Mac`ro*glos"si*a\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Macro-, and Glossa.]. (Websters 1913)

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Crosswords: Macroglossia

Specialty definitions using "macroglossia": Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Macroglossia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

macroglossia

12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Macroglossia

Language Translations for "macroglossia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

acroglossiamay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Macroglossia"

Words rhyming with "macroglossia" (pronounced 'Mac`ro*glos"si*a'): Abasia, Acinesia, AEsthesia, Akinesia, Amnesia, Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Antonomasia, Aphrasia, Aplasia, Athrepsia, Atresia, Dionysia, Dysaesthesia, Dyscrasia, Ecclesia, Eclampsia, Ectasia, Entasia, Euthanasia, Fantasia, Frambaesia, fuchsia, Halesia, Hemianaesthesia, Hyperaesthesia, Hyperesthesia, hyperplasia, Ichthyopsida, magnesia, Marsipobranchia, Monesia, Neoplasia, Palingenesia, Paralgesia, Parnassia, Paronomasia, Parousia, Parrhesia, Parusia, Passiflora, Phlegmasia, Photopsia, Polydipsia, Pseudaesthesia, Quassia, Rafflesia, Russia, Sauropsida, Silesia, Syngenesia, Tephrosia, Xenelasia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Macroglossia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-m-o-o-r-s-s"

-2 letters: sarcosomal, scalograms, sociograms.

-3 letters: acrosomal, algorisms, classroom, colorisms, graciosos, miscolors, scalogram, scoliomas, sociogram.

-4 letters: acromial, algorism, colorism, girasols, girosols, gracioso, isograms, locoisms, miscolor, oralisms, orgasmic, sarcomas, scolioma, solarism.

-5 letters: acromia, agarics, argalis, ariosos, ascaris, asocial, camails, camisas, clamors, colossi, crissal, garlics, girasol, girosol, glamors, gliomas, glorias, goorals, isogram, isologs, lascars, locoism, magical, mosaics, ogrisms, oomiacs, ooralis, oralism, orgasms, osmolar, racisms, rascals, sacrals, sailors, salamis, sarcasm, sarcoma, scalars, socials, solaria.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-m-o-o-r-s-s"
 

+3 letters: pharmacologists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Macroglossia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 63 72 6F 67 6C 6F 73 73 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-    -.-.    .-.    ---    --.    .-..    ---    ...    ...    ..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01100111 01101100 01101111 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#99 &#114 &#111 &#103 &#108 &#111 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0063 0072 006F 0067 006C 006F 0073 0073 0069 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

476769848173788185857567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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