See Also: Moeller's glossitis(medicine)
Moeller, Alfred(medicine)
Moeller's grass bacillus(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
glossitis(medicine)
Glossitis(health)
glossitis(dictionary)
atrophic glossitis(medicine)
Hunter's glossitis(medicine)
glossitis desiccans(medicine)

Moeller's glossitis (medicine)


Moeller's glossitis -->
atrophic glossitis


An erythematous, edematous, and painful tongue which appears smooth due to loss of the filiform and sometimes the fungiform papillae secondary to certain nutritional deficiencies, especially B-vitamin deficencies, as seen in pellagra, thiamin deficiency, and disorders such as pernicious anaemia (Hunter's or Moeller's glossitis).

Synonym: bald tongue.