See Also: radix linguae(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
copula linguae(medicine)
corpus linguae(medicine)
dorsum linguae(medicine)
folia linguae(medicine)
frenulum linguae(medicine)
nigrities linguae(medicine)
margo linguae(medicine)

erythrolysis (medicine) and radix linguae (medicine)


erythrolysis (medicine)


erythrolysis -->
haemolysis
<haematology> Disruption of the integrity of the red cell membrane causing release of haemoglobin.

Haemolysis may be caused by bacterial haemolysins, by antibodies that cause complement dependent lysis, by placing red cells in a hypotonic solution or by defects in the red cell membrane.

Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution


radix linguae (medicine)


radix linguae -->
root of tongue


The posterior attached portion of the tongue.

Synonym: radix linguae, base of tongue.