See Also: palatine surface of horizontal plate of palatine bone(medicine)
palatine(medicine)
palatine(2)(dictionary)
palatine(1)(dictionary)
palatine process(medicine)
palatine tonsil(medicine)
palatine aponeurosis(medicine)
palatine ridge(medicine)
palatine bone(medicine)
palatine glands(medicine)

palatine(2) (iou)



palatine adjective2 & noun2. M17.
[French palatin(e), from Latin palatum PALATE noun: see -INE1.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to the palate; situated in or on the palate, palatal; spec. (Anatomy & Zoology) designating or pertaining to either of two bones in the skull (see sense B.2 below). M17.
palatine uvula: see UVULA 1.
Phonetics. = PALATAL adjective 1. M17-L18.
b. noun.
Phonetics. = PALATAL noun 1. L17-E19.
Anatomy & Zoology. Either of two bones in the vertebrate skull which in mammals form much of the hard palate, nasal cavity, and orbit on either side of the midline. M19.