# Lingua geographica in English: geographic tongue

> "Lingua geographica" in English: geographic tongue. Oral pathology; with spelling variants, synonyms and the sources behind each entry.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/lingua-geographica  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:29:56Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/lingua-geographica.md

**Lingua geographica** = **geographic tongue**

- **English (US):** geographic tongue
- **Synonyms (English):** benign migratory glossitis, glossitis areata exfoliativa, oral erythema migrans
- **Category:** Oral pathology

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D005929 · Glossitis, Benign Migratory / Glossitis migrans, benigna (MeSH main heading)): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D005929](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D005929)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Lingua geographica](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_geographica), [en.wikipedia.org: Geographic tongue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_tongue), [Wikidata Q1981315](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1981315)
- IATE, EU terminology database, health domain (verification only)
- ICD-10-GM 2026 (BfArM) and ICD-10 (WHO), same code (K14.1): [icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/K14.1](https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/K14.1)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.