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hairy tongue

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Noun1.hairy tongue - a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue
side effect - a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy; "severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug"

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The dark walls were covered at Saturday night's opening with graffiti art - ghoulish ogres and beatniks with bloodshot eyes, rotting teeth and curling, hairy tongues.
Two conditions known as leukoplakia, or hairy tongue, and candidiasis, or thrush, both change the appearance of the tongue and are early signs of HIV infection, he said.
 
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