fungiform papilla
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Related to fungiform papilla: Filiform papillae, Vallate papillae
fungiform papilla
[′fən·jə‚fȯrm pə′pil·ə] (anatomy)
One of the low, broad papillae scattered over the dorsum and margins of the tongue.
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