Usually means: Connective tissue bands securing organs.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. frenula: Merriam-Webster
  2. frenula: Collins English Dictionary
  3. frenula: Wordnik
  4. frenula: Wiktionary
  5. frenula: Dictionary.com
  6. Frenula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. frenula: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. frenula: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. frenula: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. frenula: Medical dictionary

(Note: See frenulum as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (frenulum)

noun:  (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.
noun:  (entomology, zootomy) 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.
▸ Also see frenulum


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