different between frenum vs frenectomy

English

Alternative forms

• fraenum, frænum (hypercorrect, nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fr?num (“bridle, curb, bit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?i?.n?m/

Noun

frenum (plural frena or frenums)

1. (anatomy) Synonym of frenulum.

Derived terms

• frenal (adjective)

References

• “frenum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “frenum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“to hold”). Cognates include fer?, ferm? and firmus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fre?.num/, [?f?e?n???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fre.num/, [?f???num]

Noun

fr?num n (genitive fr?n?); second declension

1. bridle, harness, curb, bit
2. (transferred sense):
   1. means of guiding or governing; restraint, check, limit
   2. (poetic) horse, steed, charger
   3. (in general):
      1. (post-Classical, rare) that which holds things together; band
      2. (anatomy) ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• Nominative plural is mostly fr?ni with fr?na occurring more in poets.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• frenum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frenum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• frenum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• frenum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• frenum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

frenum +? -ectomy

Noun

frenectomy (plural frenectomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove a frenum or frenulum.

Related terms

• frenulectomy
• frenuloplasty

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