frenulum

English

Alternative forms

• fraenulum, frænulum (hypercorrect, nonstandard)

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin frēnulum, diminutive of frēnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛnjələm/

Noun

frenulum (plural frenula or frenulums)

1. (anatomy) A small fold of tissue that prevents an organ in the body from moving too far.

   Humans have three oral frenulums: beneath the tongue, between the upper lip and gum, and between the lower lip and gum.

Synonyms

• frenum

Derived terms

• frenectomy
• frenuloplasty

Translations

anatomy: small fold of tissue preventing an organ in the body from moving too far

• Catalan: fre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繫帶／系带 (zh) (jìdài), 系带 (zh) (jìdài)

• Esperanto: frenulo
• Finnish: frenulum
• Galician: freo (gl) m
• Greek: χαλινός (el) m (chalinós)
• Icelandic: haft n
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• Inuktitut: ᕿᓪᓗᑕᖅ (qillotaq)
• Japanese: 小帯 (しょうたい, shōtai)
• Korean: 소대 (ko) (sodae) (小帶)
• Portuguese: freio (pt) m, frénulo m
• Russian: узде́чка (ru) f (uzdéčka)
• Spanish: frenillo (es) m
• Swedish: frenulum (medical), penissträng c, ollonsträng c (slang)
• Welsh: ffrwynig f, ffrwynyn m