Tom had his lingual frenulum removed.
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Frenulum
//ˈfriː.njʊl.əm//
Synonyms for "frenulum" (2 found)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 22 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- fre noun (small fold of tissue)
- tel de la llengua noun (small fold of tissue)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 繫帶 /系带 noun (small fold of tissue)
Czech
1 entries- uzdička noun (small fold of tissue)
Dutch
1 entries- tongriem noun (small fold of tissue)
Esperanto
1 entries- frenulo noun (small fold of tissue)
Finnish
3 entries- frenulum noun (small fold of tissue)
- kielijänne noun (small fold of tissue)
- kiinnityspoimu noun (small fold of tissue)
French
2 entries- filet noun (small fold of tissue)
- frein noun (small fold of tissue)
Galician
1 entries- freo noun (small fold of tissue)
German
3 entries- Frenulum noun (small fold of tissue)
- most of them have specific compounds noun (small fold of tissue)
- some of them are also called Bändchen noun (small fold of tissue)
Greek
1 entries- χαλινός noun (small fold of tissue)
Icelandic
1 entries- haft noun (small fold of tissue)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᕿᓪᓗᑕᖅ noun (small fold of tissue)
Italian
1 entries- frenulo noun (small fold of tissue)
Japanese
1 entries- 小帯 noun (small fold of tissue)
Korean
1 entries- 소대 noun (small fold of tissue)
Polish
1 entries- wędzidełko noun (small fold of tissue)
Portuguese
2 entries- freio noun (small fold of tissue)
- frénulo noun (small fold of tissue)
Russian
1 entries- узде́чка noun (small fold of tissue)
Spanish
1 entries- frenillo noun (small fold of tissue)
Swedish
3 entries- frenulum noun (small fold of tissue)
- ollonsträng noun (small fold of tissue)
- penissträng noun (small fold of tissue)
Walloon
1 entries- filé del linwe noun (small fold of tissue)
Welsh
2 entries- ffrwynig noun (small fold of tissue)
- ffrwynyn noun (small fold of tissue)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Tom was born with a short lingual frenulum.
Source: tatoeba (13568844)
Humans have three oral frenulums: beneath the tongue, between the upper lip and gum, and between the lower lip and gum.
Source: wiktionary
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