Associations to the word «Ankyloglossia»

Wiktionary

ANKYLOGLOSSIA, noun. (medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.

Dictionary definition

ANKYLOGLOSSIA, noun. A congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats