bony front section of the palate that forms the roof of the mouth
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Hard palate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Noun
1. the bony part of the roof of the mouth
(hypernym) surface
(part-holonym) palate, roof of the mouth
Hard palate Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
[PAL-et]
The front, bony part of the roof of the mouth.
A Service of the National Cancer Institute.The front, bony part of the roof of the mouth.
The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is the front of the palate and is in front of the soft palate.
Hard palate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth. It spans the arch formed by the upper teeth.
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