See Also: Moeller's glossitis(medicine)
Moeller, Alfred(medicine)
Moeller's grass bacillus(medicine)
glossitis(dictionary)
Glossitis(health)
glossitis(medicine)
glossitis desiccans(medicine)
Hunter's glossitis(medicine)
atrophic glossitis(medicine)
glossitis areata exfoliativa(medicine)

therapsid (iou) and Moeller's glossitis (medicine)


therapsid (iou)



therapsid noun & adjective. E20.
[from mod. Latin Therapsida (see below), from Greek ther animal + (h)apsid-, (h)apsis arch: see -ID3.]
A. noun. A fossil synapsid reptile of the order Therapsida. E20.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating this order. E20.

Moeller's glossitis (medicine)


Moeller's glossitis -->
atrophic glossitis


An erythematous, edematous, and painful tongue which appears smooth due to loss of the filiform and sometimes the fungiform papillae secondary to certain nutritional deficiencies, especially B-vitamin deficencies, as seen in pellagra, thiamin deficiency, and disorders such as pernicious anaemia (Hunter's or Moeller's glossitis).

Synonym: bald tongue.