RANULAS
\ɹˈanjʊləz], \ɹˈanjʊləz], \ɹ_ˈa_n_j_ʊ_l_ə_z]\
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A form of retention cyst of the floor of the mouth, usually due to obstruction of the ducts of the submaxillary or sublingual glands, presenting a slowly enlarging painless deep burrowing mucocele of one side of the mouth. It is also called sublingual cyst and sublingual ptyalocele.
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