Black tongue

Introduction: Black tongue

Description of Black tongue

Black tongue (medical condition): Discoloration and hairy appearance of the tongue...more »

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Hairy tongue:
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Black tongue: a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Black tongue: Related Topics

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Black tongue: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Black tongue is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Black tongue, or a subtype of Black tongue, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Black tongue as a Disease

Black tongue: Another name for Hairy tongue (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Hairy tongue
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Black tongue: Related Diseases

Black tongue: Black tongue is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Oral conditions
• Head conditions

Symptoms of Black tongue (Hairy tongue)

Some of the symptoms of Black tongue incude:

• Hair-like tongue projections
• Brown tongue
• Black tongue
• White tongue
• Green tongue

Read more about symptoms of Black tongue (Hairy tongue)

Black tongue: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Black tongue:

• desquamation of filiform papillae
• oral thrush
• candida albicans
• tongue scraper

Terms associated with Black tongue:

Terms Similar to Black tongue:

• Lingua Nigra
• Lingua Villosa Nigra
• Hairy tongue
• Black Hairy Tongue

Source - NIH

• hairy tongue
• furry tongue

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Black tongue

• side effect

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Black tongue

The following list attempts to classify Black tongue into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• side effect
• effect
• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

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