Sentences with phrase «called ankyloglossia»
In some cases in which a baby seems unable to latch on properly the problem may be related to a medical condition called ankyloglossia, also referred to as «tongue - tied».
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If the connecting skin under your baby's tongue (a membrane called the frenulum) is short or extends too far toward the front of her tongue, she has a condition called ankyloglossia, or tongue - tie.
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When a baby has this tight band of tissue under the tongue, it is called «tongue - tie» or ankyloglossia.
The tongue or lip tie may also be called a tight lingual or labial frenulum, or in diagnostic terms, ankyloglossia.
Tongue - tie (ankyloglossia) affects 4 to 11 % of newborns.4 It means the strip of skin that attaches the tongue to the bottom of the mouth, called the lingual frenulum, is too short.
The medical, by the way, is ankyloglossia, but even I just call it «tongue - tie.»