frenum, fraenum n. (pl. E. fraenums, L. fraena) (Anat.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue.
... the form of a congenital hypospadias. The corpus spongiosum does not continue the canal of the urethra as far forwards as the usual position of the meatus, but has become defective behind the fraenum praeputii, leaving the canal open at this place. In a case of this kind an operation on the taliacotian principle might be tried in order to close the urethra where it ... — Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise
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