PALATINE BONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits

Synonyms:

os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("palatine bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

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