ankyloglossia
English
noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (crooked, curved) + Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (tongue, language)+ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (feminine suffix, feminine abstract substantive).
Origin
Ancient Greek
-ῐ́ᾱ
Gloss
feminine suffix, feminine abstract substantive
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- glossa English
- glossal English
- glossolalia English
- glosa Latin
- glossa Latin
- glōssa Latin
- hipogloso Spanish, Castilian
- -ῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- γλῶσσᾰ Ancient Greek
- ἀγκυλομήτης Ancient Greek
- ἀγκύλος Ancient Greek
- *glōgʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enk- Proto-Indo-European
- aglosso Portuguese
- anquilossauro Portuguese