Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maxillopalatine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: max-il-lopala-tine
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull.

noun

That area of the skull.

Example Sentences

"the maxillopalatine process of the maxilla"

Etymology

From maxillo- + palatine.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: maxillo

Inflected Forms

maxillopalatines (plural)

Rhymes With

palatine sphenopalatine pterygopalatine glossopalatine postpalatine nasopalatine dermopalatine

Questions

What does maxillopalatine mean?: Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull.
Where does maxillopalatine come from?: From maxillo- + palatine.

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