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frenulum

frenulum

English

Alternative forms

fraenulum, frænulum (hypercorrect, nonstandard)

Noun

frenulum ‎(plural frenula or frenulums)

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

Synonyms

frenum

Derived terms

Translations

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

Catalan: fre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繫帶 (zh), 系带 (zh) ‎(jìdài)
Finnish: frenulum
Galician: freo (gl) m
Greek: χαλινός (el) m ‎(chalinós)
Icelandic: haft n
Inuktitut: ᕿᓪᓗᑕᖅ ‎(qillutaq)
Japanese: 小帯 ‎(しょうたい, shōtai)
Korean: 소대 ‎(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