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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc. uncountable
2. 2
   a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

tongue tietongue tietongue-tie

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos) + γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). By surface analysis, ankylo- + -glossia.

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