# Lingua plicata in English: fissured tongue

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

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/lingua-plicata  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:26:55Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/lingua-plicata.md

**Lingua plicata** = **fissured tongue**

- **English (US):** fissured tongue
- **Synonyms (German):** Faltenzunge
- **Synonyms (English):** furrowed tongue, lingua plicata, scrotal tongue
- **Category:** Oral pathology

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D014063 · Tongue, Fissured / Lingua plicata (MeSH main heading)): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D014063](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D014063)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Lingua plicata](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_plicata), [en.wikipedia.org: Fissured tongue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fissured_tongue), [Wikidata Q2504473](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2504473)
- IATE, EU terminology database, health domain (verification only)

[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.