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'''Ankyloglossia''', also known as '''tongue-tie''', is a [[congenital]] [[Mouth|oral]] anomaly that may decrease the [[Mobility transition|mobility]] of the tongue tip<ref name="MessnerLalakea2002">{{cite journal |vauthors =Messner AH, Lalakea ML |title=The effect of ankyloglossia on speech in children |journal=[[Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery]] |volume=127 |issue=6 |pages=539–45 |year=2002 |pmid=12501105 |doi=10.1067/mhn.2002.1298231}}</ref> and is caused by an unusually short, thick [[lingual frenulum]], a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth.<ref name="Horton">{{cite journal |vauthors =Horton CE, Crawford HH, Adamson JE, Ashbell TS |title=Tongue-tie |journal=The Cleft Palate Journal |volume=6 |pages=8–23 |year=1969 |pmid=5251442}}</ref> Ankyloglossia varies in degree of severity from mild cases characterized by [[mucous membrane]] bands to complete ankyloglossia whereby the [[tongue]] is tethered to the floor of the [[mouth]].<ref name="Horton" />

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