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Frenulum vs. Fraenulum — What's the Difference?

Frenulum vs. Fraenulum — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Frenulum and Fraenulum

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Frenulum

A frenulum (or frenum, plural: frenula or frena, from the Latin frēnulum, "little bridle", the diminutive of frēnum) is a small fold of tissue that secures the motion of a mobile organ in the body.

Fraenulum

See frenulum

Frenulum

(Anatomy) A small frenum.

Fraenulum

A frænum.

Frenulum

(Entomology) A bristly structure on the hind wings of certain moths and butterflies that holds the forewings and hind wings together during flight.
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Frenulum

(anatomy) A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.
Humans have three oral frenulums: beneath the tongue, between the upper lip and gum, and between the lower lip and gum.

Frenulum

A bristle or row of bristles on the edge of the hindwings of some lepidoptera which unites the wings by interlocking with a catch on the posterior part of the forewings.

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