NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. fren·u·la (-l)
1. Anatomy A small frenum. 2. Entomology A bristly structure on the hind wings of certain moths and butterflies that holds the fore wings and hind wings together during flight.
The plural of frenulum is frenula.
The "frenulum" of tongue or tongue web (also "lingual frenulum" or "frenulum linguæ")
A frenum is a male genital piercing. Basically a frenum piercing is a form of a frenulum piercing. So is a fourchette.But really a frenulum piercing is an oral piercing. Frenulum can be either an upper frenulum(smiley), lower frenulum (frowney), or even a tongue web piercing. A frenulum is a fold/piece of tissue that restricts the movement of an organ.
The lingual frenulum. This is the thin bit of skin (technically it is a fold of mucosa) which you can see when you lift up your tongue
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It means your penis doesn't have as much freedom of movement and the frenulum could break and you'll need stitches - unless you want the frenulum removed.
The frenulum is the skin that attaches the tongue to the floor of the mouth.
my little boy has a blood blister on his lingual frenulum, is this dangerous
The frenulum linguae is a small fold of tissue beneath the tongue that helps to anchor it to the mouth. An example sentence using "frenulum linguae" could be: "The doctor advised a gentle stretch exercise to help loosen the frenulum linguae for improved tongue mobility."
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Frenuloplasty is the medical term meaning surgical repair of a frenulum.
Frenulum for those of you in Ms. Devlin's anatomy class :D