Usually means: Connective tissue band securing organs.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. frenulum: Merriam-Webster
  2. frenulum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. frenulum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. frenulum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. frenulum: Wordnik
  6. frenulum: Wiktionary
  7. frenulum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. frenulum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. frenulum: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. frenulum: Dictionary.com
  11. Frenulum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. frenulum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. frenulum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. frenulum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Frenulum: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  6. frenulum: Medical dictionary
  7. Frenulum: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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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.

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