tongue-tie

noun

1. impeded motion of the tongue caused especially by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth.

verb (used with object), tongue-tied, tongue-ty·ing.

2. to make tongue-tied.

noun

1. a congenital condition in which the tongue has restricted mobility as the result of an abnormally short frenulum

n.

1. Restricted mobility of the tongue resulting from abnormal shortness of the frenum.ankyloglossia