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lingual(dictionary)
Lingual(medicine)
lingual bar(medicine)
lingual flap(medicine)
lingual follicles(medicine)
lingual frenulum(medicine)

lingual gyrus (medicine) and postal (oh)


lingual gyrus (medicine)


lingual gyrus


A relatively short horizontal convolution on the inferomedial aspect of the occipital and temporal lobes, demarcated from the lateral occipitotemporal or fusiform gyrus by the deep collateral sulcus, from the cuneus by the calcarine sulcus; its anterior extreme abuts the isthmus of the parahippocampal gyrus; the medial or upper strip of the gyrus forming the lower bank of the calcarine sulcus corresponds to the inferior half of the striate area or primary visual cortex and represents the contralateral upper quadrant of the binocular field of vision.

Synonym: gyrus lingualis, gyrus occipitotemporalis medialis, medial occipitotemporal gyrus.


postal (oh)



relating to the official system which takes letters from one place to another
::the U.S. postal service
:: postal workers
::an increase in postal charges
relating to sending things by post
::Candidates are chosen by a postal ballot of all party members.
postal vote BrE
::Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote.
go postal
AmE informal to become very angry and behave in a violent way