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A severe congenital restriction of TONGUE movement, resulting from fusion or adherence of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. In partial ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) the LINGUAL FRENUM is abnormally short, or is attached too close to the tip of the tongue. OMIM: 106280
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- Tongue Tie
- Ankyloglossias
- Tongue Ties
- Partial Ankyloglossia
- Ankyloglossia, Partial
- Ankyloglossias, Partial
- Partial Ankyloglossias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2017; use under Mouth Abnormalities 2013-2016
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ankyloglossia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000072676. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000072676
- Ankyloglossia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankyloglossia
- Ankyloglossia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557552