See Also: vena lingualis(medicine)
tonsilla lingualis(medicine)
ramus lingualis(medicine)
plexus lingualis(medicine)
papilla lingualis(medicine)
gyrus lingualis(medicine)
arteria lingualis(medicine)
glandula lingualis anterior(medicine)
facies lingualis dentis(medicine)
rami linguales nervi lingualis(medicine)

boots (iou) and vena lingualis (medicine)


boots (iou)



boots noun. [bu:ts] E17.
[Pl. of BOOT noun2, used as sing.]
As 2nd elem. of combs. with the sense 'person, fellow', in familiar or joc. appellations, as bossyboots, slyboots, etc. E17.
(A name for) a hotel servant who cleans boots and shoes, carries luggage, etc. L18.

vena lingualis (medicine)


vena lingualis -->
lingual vein
<anatomy, vein> Receives blood from the tongue, sublingual and submandibular glands, and muscles of the floor of the mouth; empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein.

Synonym: vena lingualis.