However, this phrase is also used to describe geographic tongue.

Geographic tongue is not associated with any long-term health complications in healthy individuals.

Studies show there is a link between geographic tongue and psoriasis.

Lithium carbonate has been associated with the development of geographic tongue.

Geographic tongue is harmless and can come and go.

Geographic tongue is a harmless, benign condition that isn't linked to any infection or cancer.

The exact cause of geographic tongue is unknown.

Anti-inflammatory medicines may be prescribed for glossititis and geographic tongue.

This may occur with glossitis and geographic tongue.

This condition is called migratory stomatitis or ectopic geographic tongue.

This form is called geographic tongue (also called migratory glossitis).

Geographic tongue is a harmless condition.

Geographic tongue may also cause numbness.

Two other names for geographic tongue are benign migratory glossitis and erythema migrans.

Lesions that are histologically indistinguishable from geographic tongue may also be diagnosed in Reiter's syndrome.

Geographic tongue is not contagious.

Geographic tongue.

Geographic tongue: Ridges and colored spots migrate over the surface of the tongue, periodically changing its appearance.

Geographic tongue is a condition that gets its name from its map-like appearance on the upper surface and sides of the tongue.

Geographic tongue is a patchy form of glossitis where the location of inflammation and appearance change from day to day.

Geographic tongue tends to come and go it usually heals without treatment, but will recur again usually affecting a different area of the tongue.

Geographic tongue, also known as benign migratory glossitis (BMG).

Individuals with geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis) can apply it at bedtime to the affected area which heals overnight.

In a tongue affected by geographic tongue, red patches on the surface of the tongue are bordered by grayish white.

The New England Journal of Medicine reports a connection between celiac disease and geographic tongue and calls this association "very common".

It is also known as benign migratory glossitis, oral erythema migrans, glossitis areata exfoliativa, glossitis areata migrans, lingua geographica, stomatitis areata migrans, and transitory benign plaques of the tongue.