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Meaning of "fraenum" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRAENUM

From Latin: bridle.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FRAENUM

fraenum  [ˈfriːnəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRAENUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fraenum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRAENUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fraenum in the English dictionary

The definition of fraenum in the dictionary is a fold of membrane or skin, such as the fold beneath the tongue, that supports an organ.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRAENUM


alburnum
ælˈbɜːnəm
Arnhem
ˈɑːnəm
Barnum
ˈbɑːnəm
Camulodunum
ˌkæmjʊləʊˈdjuːnəm
Casinum
kəˈsiːnəm
duodenum
ˌdjuːəʊˈdiːnəm
fanum
ˈfɑːnəm
Farnham
ˈfɑːnəm
frenum
ˈfriːnəm
jejunum
dʒɪˈdʒuːnəm
laburnum
ləˈbɜːnəm
Lugdunum
lʊɡˈduːnəm
plenum
ˈpliːnəm
prosternum
prəʊˈstɜːnəm
sagapenum
ˌsæɡəˈpiːnəm
sempiternum
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəm
sternum
ˈstɜːnəm
Ticinum
tiːˈsiːnəm
viburnum
vaɪˈbɜːnəm
xiphisternum
ˌzɪfɪˈstɜːnəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRAENUM

fractostrati
fractostratus
fracturable
fractural
fracture
fractured
fracturer
fractus
frae
fraena
frag
fragged
fragging
fragile
fragile-X syndrome
fragilely
fragileness
fragility
fragment
fragmental

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRAENUM

aluminum
annum
antirrhinum
arcanum
Asculum Picenum
botulinum
crinum
double-magnum
e pluribus unum
ferromolybdenum
magnum
Misenum
molybdenum
organum
origanum
per annum
platinum
regnum
solanum
stannum

Synonyms and antonyms of fraenum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fraenum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRAENUM

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Translator English - Chinese

fraenum
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fraenum
570 millions of speakers

English

fraenum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fraenum
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

fraenum
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

fraenum
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fraenum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fraenum
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fraenum
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fraenum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bändchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fraenum
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fraenum
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fraenum
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

fraenum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fraenum
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रेमन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fraenum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frenulo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fraenum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

fraenum
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fraenum
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

fraenum
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

fraenum
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

fraenum
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

fraenum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fraenum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRAENUM»

The term «fraenum» is used very little and occupies the 167.978 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRAENUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fraenum» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fraenum» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fraenum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRAENUM»

Discover the use of fraenum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fraenum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Eclectic Journal of Medicine
When a chancre is seated close to either side of the fraenum, we find it invariably happens that the ulceration passes through this process of integument, at first making an opening through it, and in a few instances the ulcer has healed, leaving ...
John Bell, 1838
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A Treatise on the physical and medical treatment of children
Very frequently there is attached to the fraenum of the tongues of new-born children, a nearly transparent, whitish membrane, which pursues the natural fraenum through its whole course, continues beyond the point where the fraenum stops, ...
William Potts Dewees, 1858
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A Dictionary of Practical Surgery: Exhibiting the Present ...
In the natural state, the point of the tongue is always capable of being turned upward, towards the palate, as the fraenum does not reach along iibout a quarter of an inch of the locer part of the tongue from the apex. But, in tongue-tied children, ...
Samuel Cooper, 1822
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The Medico-chirurgical Review
The swollen and inflamed state of the end of the penis has become so much reduced that a circumscribed hardness is distinguishable between fraenum and apex of the glans, produced by a chancre. On the outer surface of the prepuce also ...
James Johnson, 1831
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: An Objective-Based Textbook
Prominent. labial. fraenum. The fraenum or muscle attachment (Fig. 11.3). If the fraenum is relatively small, this may be managed by trimming back the labial or lingual denture flange. However, the denture may beweakened andit mightfracture ...
Jonathan Pedlar, John W. Frame, 2007
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The first lines of the practice of surgery: designed as an ...
... such as is rarely met with in persons whose prepuces are wanting. In this patient, thefraenum was very long ; and it is well known that the majority of individuals born without a prepuce, are also born without a fraenum, while the orifice of their ...
Samuel Cooper, 1820
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The Eclectic journal of medicine ...
The defects mentioned are the following:— Imperfect uvula ; thick tongue, without fraenum; large tongue, long and irregular uvula; tongue deficient in muscularity; tubular palate, imperfect uvula; enlarged tonsils; flat and irregular palate; ...
Levi Reuben, Lester Clinton Dolley, 1837
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Homoeopathic Management of Male Sexual Disorders
Prepuce, Fraenum: * Inflammation of prepuce, yellow pus between fraenum and glans — Calc. * Itching of prepuce (fraenum ) — Hep. * Soft, smooth, painless lump, having an abrasion on left side (gonorrhoea) — Thuj. * Fraenum swollen and ...
Ahmad Sayeed, 2002
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The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Cases, however, are common, in which the fraenum is pushed forward to the very tip of the tongue beneath, giving rise to tongue-tying, as it is called, a disease not uncommon, even in female infants. Nurses, usually themselves profuse of ...
‎1829
10
Services suited to the solemnization of matrimony, the ...
When a chancre is seated close to either side of the fraenum, we find it invariably happens that the ulceration passes through this process of integument, at first making an opening through it, and in a few instances the ulcer has healed, leaving ...
William Bengo' Collyer, 1837

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRAENUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fraenum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why I have less time for the misuse of fewer
Where else, for instance, can one learn that fraenum is "a fold of mucous membrane or skin, esp. under the tongue" or that 'hoi polloi" ought not ... «Herald Scotland, Mar 15»
2
Doctor's Advice - I can't say no to boys!
The little string which you describe is called the fraenum or fraenulum. It is the part of the penis which is most commonly injured during love play ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 13»
3
Doctor's Advice - How do I slow my daughter down?
In some young guys, the fraenum is a little too short (a condition called fraenum breve), and this pulls the head of the penis forward. I suspect ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jan 13»
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Crewe man Michael Quilty guilty of despicable acts of cruelty to child
Bride herself was accused of causing a tear of the labial fraenum – the piece of skin joining the gum with the upper lip – which Bride says was ... «Crewe Chronicle, Aug 10»

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