English

Noun

lingualization ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lingualizations)

1. The act of representing something as a text in some language.
2. The ability to represent something as text.
   • 1997, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture,

     In the process of lingualization the child internalizes the system of language values and norms […]

3. (orthodontics) The procedure of moving teeth towards the tongue side of the arch.^[1]
   • 2005, Paolo Ronchi, Orthodontic-surgical treatment of dentofacial anomalies: an integrated esthetic-functional approach

     As already stated, there is a natural mechanism in most Class III cases that compensates for the sagittal skeletal discrepancy, so that during growth a lingualization of the mandibular incisors develops together with a vestibularization […]

References

1. ↑ Lingualization section in Clear Correct.