The absence or loss of the tongue; a condition in which an organism lacks a tongue.
From prefix 'a-' (without) + Greek 'glossa' (tongue). This medical/biological term uses the classical Greek root for tongue combined with the negation prefix.
The tongue is so central to human life—eating, speaking, tasting—that having a medical term for its absence is chilling; notably, there are actually organisms that lack tongues entirely, making this an important biological descriptor despite its rarity in humans.
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