Aetius, the first prominent Christian physician of whom we have any record, divided the frenum of the tongue.
That idea, still held among the non-medical, that the sufferer from a difficulty of speech is tongue-tied and needs to have the frenum cut, is as old as the history of medicine.
Slight cases rarely need operation; but when the movements of the tongue are restricted by a very short and deep frenum its division becomes necessary.
Epithelioma of the floor of the mouth# frequently originates in the mucous membrane between the frenum of the tongue and the inner aspect of the gum.
The submaxillary duct (Wharton's duct) opens into the mouth by the side of the frenum of the tongue.
Excessive length of the frenum is occasionally met with, and in children may allow of the tongue falling back into the throat and causing sudden suffocative attacks, one of which may prove fatal.
This inferior incision or section, alongside of the frenum was first advised by Celsus.
Vanier finds that the operation of Cloquet by incision alongside of the frenum has the advantage of not leaving any deformity--contrary to the opinion of Ricord and Malgaigne.
In adults with a very narrow, thin, not overlong prepuce, a very good result often follows a combination of the dorsal slit with the inferior slit alongside of the frenum of Cloquet.
The complete absence of the frenum and prepuce has been observed in animals but is very rare in man.
Belloc mentions a man whose urethra terminated at the base of the frenum who had four sons with the same deformity.
The authors have knowledge of a case in which hemorrhage from the frenum proved fatal.
The organs were mangled, the spermatic cord was torn and hung over the anus, and the penis was lacerated from the frenum down.
There was a complete half-turn to the left, so that the slit-like urinary meatus was reversed and the frenum was above.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "frenum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
