palatine bone

English

Alternative forms

• palatine (noun), os palatinum

Noun

palatine bone (plural palatine bones)

1. (anatomy) 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.

Translations

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

• Catalan: os palatí m
• Crimean Tatar: tañlay kemigi
• Estonian: suulaeluu
• Finnish: suulaenluu (fi)
• French: os palatin (fr)
• Hungarian: szájpadcsont (hu)
• Icelandic: gómbein (is) n
• Portuguese: osso palatino m
• Russian: нёбная кость (njóbnaja kostʹ)
• Spanish: palatino (es) m, hueso palatino m

References

• “palatine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “palatine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.