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PALATINE BONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("palatine bone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
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