| frenulum |
material that attaches the lower side of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. It is sometimes "tight" and is considered "tongue-tied."
Ãâó: www.pierrerobin.org/glossaryal.html
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| frenectomy |
removal of the frenum, the thin cord of tissue that attaches the upper or lower lips to the gum or the tongue to the floor of the mouth
Ãâó: www.egyptdentists.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi
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| free energy |
a measure of the tendency of a chemical change to occur spontaneously.
Ãâó: wblrd.sk.ca/~chem30_dev/appendix/glossary.htm
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| free flap |
A surgical procedure in which a wide strip of scalp from the side/back of the head is excised and then transferred to the frontal area of the scalp to form a hairline.
Ãâó: www.americanhairloss.org/hair_loss_glossary/
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| free radical |
Any molecule that contains an unpaired electron. Free radicals are unstable and will extract electrons from other biological molecules, which generates more free radicals.
Ãâó: www.aboutzonediet.org/glossary.htm
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