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Glossary Definitions / Abbreviations acanthosisacute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitisadenoid cystic carcinomaadenosquamousadvanced carcinomaalveolar ridgeamalgam tattooamelanotic macular lesionsameloblastic carcinomaameloblastomaangiosarcomaangular cheilitisantifungal agentsantifungal treatmentsAPC geneapthous stomatitisareca nutatrophy of the epitheliumatypiabasilar cellsbasilar hyperplasiabetel leafbetel quidbidibiopsyblisterbuccal mucosabullous lesioncalcifying cystic odontogenic tumourcandida infectioncandidiasiscaninecarcinomacarcinoma in-situcell neoplasmcheekchemical burnschinchronic atrophic candidiasiscircumvallate papillaecommissurecomputed tomographycondyloma acuminatumconservative surgical excisioncryosurgerycytomegalo virus infectiondentigerous cystdepapillationdermoid cystdiabetes mellitusdifferentiationdiscoid lupus erythematosusdorsal surface of tonguedorsum tonguedysplasiadysplastic cellsdysplatic lesionsearly invasive oral cancerelectrocauteryembolizationepidermolysis bullosaEpstein-Barr Viruserosionerythemaerythroplakiaerythroplakic lesionseustachian tubesexophytic growthextracapsular spreadfamilial gingival hyperplasiafibroepithelial polypfibromafibrosarcomafibrosisfine needle aspiration cytologyfissured tonguefloor of mouthflorid papillomatosisfoliate papillaeFordyce granulesfungal infectionfungating growthfungiform papillaegeographic tonguegiant cell granulomagingivagingivectomygingivo buccal sulcusglossitisgranular areagranular cell tumourgutkahaemangioendotheliomahaemangiomahairy leukoplakiahairy tonguehamartomatous lesionhard palateherpes labialishigh-grade sarcomahistiocytosis Xhomogeneous leukoplakiahuman papillomavirushyperkeratosishyperorthokeratosishyperparakeratosishyperpigmentationhyperplasiahypertrophyincisorinfratemporal fossainterdental papillaeinterstitial implantationinvasive carcinomakaposi sarcomakeratinocyteskeratocystic odontogenic tumourkeratosislabial mucosalabial sulcuslabiogingival sulcuslaser ablationlateral border of the tongueleukoedemaleukoplakialichen planuslichenoid reactionlinea albalingual frenumlingual musculaturelingual thyroidlingual tissuelingual tonsillingual varicositieslingual veinslining mucosalipoma tonguelongitudinal tongue furrowsloss of polaritylower alveoluslymph nodelymphangiomalymphomamacroglossiamaculemagnetic resonance imagemalignancymalignant melanomamalignant transformationmalignant tumourmandiblemandibular torusmasticatory mucosamatemaxillamaxillary gingivamedian rhomboid glossitismesenchymal tumourmetastatic lymph nodesmetastatic tumourmicroinvasive cancerminor salivary glandsmolar areamucocelemucoepidermoid carcinomamultiple myelomanecrosisneurofibromanodular areanodular leukoplakianodulesnon-dysplatic lesionsnon-homogeneous leukoplakianuclear hyperchromatismoral cavityoral mucosal nevioral purpuraorocutaneous fistulaoropharyngeal mucosaorthokeratosisosteoradionecrosisosteosarcomap53 proteinpalatal excrescencespalatal toruspalatoglossal foldpanpan masalapapillaepapillomapapuleparakeratinparakeratosisparaneoplastic pemphigusparotid neoplasmspemphiguspemphigus vulgarisperiapical cystpericommissural areaperiodontal diseasespetechiaePhotodynamic therapyplaqueplasmacytomaspleomorphic adenomaplica sublingualisprecancerous conditionprecancerous lesionproliferative growthpsoriasispyogenic granulomaradical surgeryranulareactive hyperkeratosisred lesionsreticularretromolar trigonerheumatoid arthritissarcomaschwannomasclerodermasclerotherapysebaceous glandsevere dysplasiasideropenic dysphagiasmoker's palatesoft palatespecialised mucosasquamous cell carcinomastenosisStensen ductstomatitisstomatitis nicotina palatistromal vasculaturesublingual varicessubmandibular regionsubmandibular salivary glandsubmental areasubmucous fibrosissurface debristelengiectasiateratomathrushtobacco-induced pigmentationTOCS studytonguetonsilar pillarstoombaktorusTP53 tumor suppressor genetraumatic keratosistraumatic ulcertrismusTSHtuberculosis of the tongueulcerulcerated leukoplakiaulcerative lesionulceroinfiltrative lesionulceroproliferative growthvaricositiesvascular malformationventral surface of tonguevermillion borderverrucous carcinomaverrucous leukoplakiavesiclesWaldeyer ringwell-differentiated squamous cell carcinomaWharton ductwhite lesionswhite sponge nevusWickham striaexeroderma pigmentosum granular cell tumour A benign neoplasm arising from muscle and nerve cells.

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