HAIRY TONGUE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue

Synonyms:

black tongue; furry tongue; hairy tongue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hairy tongue" is a kind of...):

side effect (a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy)

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