"-glossia" meaning in English

See -glossia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From the Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Compare gloss-, glott-. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|γλῶσσα|t=tongue}} Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -glossia, {{en-suffix}} -glossia
  1. (anatomy) Used to form nouns relating to the tongue. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en--glossia-en-suffix-TXMbvidc Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (linguistics) Used to form nouns relating to language or speech. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en--glossia-en-suffix-giGh2M7i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -glossy Related terms: -glossic, -glot
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