glossodynia exfoliativa

1. 1.

   a superficial form of glossitis marked by irregular red patches on the tongue and sensitivity to hot or spicy food

   SynonymsMoeller's glossitis

   Broaderglossitis

Questions about glossodynia exfoliativa

What does glossodynia exfoliativa mean?

glossodynia exfoliativa means "a superficial form of glossitis marked by irregular red patches on the tongue and sensitivity to hot or spicy food".

What is another word for glossodynia exfoliativa?

Close synonyms include Moeller's glossitis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is glossodynia exfoliativa a common word?

glossodynia exfoliativa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.