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tongue-tie

[tuhng-tahy] / ˈtʌŋˌtaɪ /






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Fiona and Ben were told by a midwife that they would be better off getting tongue-tie surgery, also known as a lingual frenotomy, privately, as there would be a long wait on the NHS.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

An estimated 7% of babies are diagnosed with a condition called tongue-tie, in which the connection between the tongue and the floor of the mouth is too strong and limits tongue movement.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

Reporters traveled to Boise, Idaho, and observed tongue-tie surgery in Manhattan.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Some babies with the condition struggle to latch on to the breast, but awareness of it as an infant feeding issue can be poor, and tongue-tie can be hard to spot.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2022

In tongue-tie the weblike membrane underneath is attached342 too far forward, so that the child is quite unable to protrude his tongue, and this condition greatly interferes with sucking.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.




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