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tongue thrust

tongue thrust noun: orofacial muscular imbalance: a human behavioral pattern in which the tongue protrudes through the anterior incisors during swallowing, during speech, and while the tongue is at rest.

Noun

tongue thrust (countable and uncountable, plural tongue thrusts)

  1. Orofacial muscular imbalance: a human behavioral pattern in which the tongue protrudes through the anterior incisors during swallowing, during speech, and while the tongue is at rest.

Forms of tongue thrust

pluraltongue thrusts

Questions about tongue thrust

What does tongue thrust mean?
Tongue thrust means orofacial muscular imbalance: a human behavioral pattern in which the tongue protrudes through the anterior incisors during swallowing, during speech, and while the tongue is at rest.
What part of speech is tongue thrust?
Tongue thrust is a noun.
What is the plural of tongue thrust?
The plural of tongue thrust is tongue thrusts.

Words near tongue thrust in the dictionary

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  4. tongue sushi
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  6. tongue thrust
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  8. tongue tie
  9. tongue ties
  10. tongue toast
  11. tongue troopers

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