Definitions for ranulas

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ranulas ran·u·la

Spelling: [ran-yuh-luh]

IPA: /ˈræn yə lə/

Ranulas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in ranulas (aalnrsu).

Definitions for ranulas

noun

1. a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.

Origin of ranulas

1650-60; Latin rānula little frog, swelling, equivalent to rān(a) frog + -ula -ule

Examples for ranulas

ranula was treated by being lifted well forward by means of a sharp iron hook and then split with a razor.

Seba (1734:70) illustrated and diagnosed a frog for which he used the name ranula, Americana, Rubra.