frenuloplasty


frenoplasty

 [fre´no-plas″te] the correction of an abnormally attached frenum or frenulum, by surgically repositioning it.

frenuloplasty

A cosmetic procedure in which a frenulum is surgically altered, either of the tongue (which may performed in children for ankyloglossia, or “tongue-tie”) or of the penis (due to a tightly adherent foreskin).

fren·u·lo·plas·ty

(fren'yū-lō-plas-tē) Correction of an abnormally attached frenulum by surgically repositioning it. [frenum + G. plastos, formed]

frenuloplasty

(frĕn′ū-lō-plăs″tē) [″ + Gr. plassein, to form] Surgical correction of an abnormally attached frenulum.