glossoscopy

glossoscopy

(glɒˈsɒskəpɪ)

[ad. Gr. *γλωσσοσκοπία, f. γλωσσο-, γλῶσσα tongue + -σκοπία inspection.]

‘The inspection or observation of the tongue for the purposes of the diagnosis and the treatment of disease’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885).

in Mayne Expos. Lex.