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frenulum
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See also: Frenulum
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin frēnulum, diminutive of frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfriː.njʊl.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfrɛn.jəl.əm/
Noun
frenulum (plural frenula or frenulums)
- (anatomy) A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.
- Synonym: frenum
- Humans have three oral frenulums: beneath the tongue, between the upper lip and gum, and between the lower lip and gum.
- (entomology, zootomy) A bristle or row of bristles on the edge of the hindwings of some lepidoptera which unites the wings by interlocking with a catch on the posterior part of the forewings.
Derived terms
Translations
small fold of tissue
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References
- “frenulum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “frenulum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”) + -ulum (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfrɛː.nu.lum]
Noun
frēnulum n (genitive frēnulī); second declension (New Latin)
- diminutive of frēnum
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
- → English: frenulum
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