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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:tongue ankylosis
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Accession:MP:0013264 term browser browse the term
Definition:partial or complete fusion or adherence of the tongue to the floor of the mouth, resulting in varying degrees of restricted tongue mobility; partial ankyloglossia (aka tongue-tie) is caused by a lingual frenulum that is abnormally short or is attached too close to the tip of the tongue; in complete ankyloglossia the tongue is tethered to the floor of the mouth
Synonyms:exact_synonym: ankyloglossia;   ankylosis of the tongue;   lingual ankylosis;   tongue-tie



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  mammalian phenotype 5402
    digestive/alimentary phenotype 78
      abnormal digestive system morphology 58
        abnormal tongue morphology 6
          tongue ankylosis 0
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  mammalian phenotype 5402
    craniofacial phenotype 53
      abnormal craniofacial morphology 53
        abnormal facial morphology 33
          abnormal mouth morphology 32
            abnormal tongue morphology 6
              tongue ankylosis 0
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