Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palatine aponeurosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: palatine aponeu-ro-sis
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin fibrous lamella attached to the posterior part of the hard palate that supports the soft palate, includes the tendon of the tensor veli palatini, and supports the other muscles of the palate.

Inflected Forms

palatine aponeuroses (plural)

Questions

What does palatine aponeurosis mean?: A thin fibrous lamella attached to the posterior part of the hard palate that supports the soft palate, includes the tendon of the tensor veli palatini, and supports the other muscles of the palate.

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