moeller's glossitis

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsglossodynia exfoliativa

   Broaderglossitis

Questions about moeller's glossitis

What does moeller's glossitis mean?

moeller's glossitis 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 moeller's glossitis?

Close synonyms include glossodynia exfoliativa. 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 moeller's glossitis a common word?

moeller's glossitis 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.