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Definition of Fraenum
1. frenum [n -NA or -NUMS] - See also: frenum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fraenum
Literary usage of Fraenum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of surgery by James Miller (1853)
"In the child, the fraenum linguae may be so short as greatly to incommode the
organ ; at first impeding suction, afterwards embarrassing articulation. ..."
2. Eclectic Journal of Medicine by John Bell (1837)
"The defects mentioned are the following :— Imperfect uvula ; thick tongue, without
fraenum ; large tongue, long and irregular uvula; tongue deficient in ..."
3. Orificial Surgery and Its Application to the Treatment of Chronic Diseases by Edwin Hartley Pratt (1891)
"... and if, upon complete retraction, the fraenum be so short as to depress in
the least the point of the glans, it should be severed sufficiently to remove ..."
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