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palatine bone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
palatine bone
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of a pair of bones that are situated behind and between the maxillae, in humans are of extremely irregular form, and make up parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate.

Inflected Forms

palatine bones (plural) palatine (alternative) os palatinum (alternative)

Synonyms

palatine os palatinum

Questions

What does palatine bone mean?
Either of a pair of bones that are situated behind and between the maxillae, in humans are of extremely irregular form, and make up parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate.

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