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hairy tongue

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hairy tongue [¦her·ē ′təŋ]
(medicine)
Hyperplasia of the papillae forming hairlike projections on the tongue.


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The dark walls were covered at Saturday night's opening with graffiti art - ghoulish ogres and beatniks with bloodshot eyes, rotting teeth and curling, hairy tongues.
Two conditions known as leukoplakia, or hairy tongue, and candidiasis, or thrush, both change the appearance of the tongue and are early signs of HIV infection, he said.
 
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