HyperDic: tongue_tie

English > 1 sense of the expression *tongue tie*:
NOUN	state	tongue tie, ankyloglossia	a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue

English > *tongue tie*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	A congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue.
Synonym	ankyloglossia
Broader	birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality	A defect that is present at birth / birth
Spanish	anquiloglosia
Catalan	anquiloglosia