fraenumfrenumn.
/ˈfriːnəm/, U.S. /ˈfrinəm/ 1. Anatomy. A small ligament or membranous fold which bridles or restrains the motion of the organ to which it is attached; e.g. that of the tongue.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun]
master sinewa1400
bridle1578
fraenulum1706
fraenum1741
fundiform ligament1889
tendon organ1923
habena-
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 147 The Frænum of the Tongue.
1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 93 The Fraenum or Fourchette, which bounds the inferior part of the Fossa magna and os externum.
1807 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. I. ii. xx. 299 The frænum linguœ of persons born dumb should always be examined.
1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 51 The glosso-epiglottic fold..or frænum of the epiglottis.
2. (See quot. 1859.)
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1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species vi. 192 Pedunculated cirripedes have two minute folds of skin, called by me the ovigerous frena, which serve, through the means of a sticky secretion, to retain the eggs until they are hatched.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 295 The ovigerous fræna of Lepas.
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