Medical Definition of Tongue thrust

1. The infantile pattern of the suckle-swallow movement in which the tongue is placed between the incisor teeth or the alveolar ridges during the initial stage of swallowing, resulting sometimes in an anterior open bite. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tongue Thrust

tongueless frog
tonguelike
tongues
tonguester
tongueworm
tongue and groove joint
tongue bone
tongue crib
tongue depressor
tongue depressor
tongue fern
tongue flap
tongue habits
tongue of cerebellum
tongue phenomenon
tongue thrust (current term)
tongue tie
tongue twister
tongue worm
tonguing
tonguings
tonguing and grooving plane
tong ho
tonic
tonic
tonic-clonic seizure
tonically
tonicicty
tonicities
tonicity

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