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HARD PALATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bony part of the roof of the mouth
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hard palate" is a kind of...):
surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)
Holonyms ("hard palate" is a part of...):
maxilla; maxillary; upper jaw; upper jawbone (the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium)
palate; roof of the mouth (the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities)
Context examples:
A carcinoma that arises from the hard palate.
(Hard Palate Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign epithelial neoplasm arising from the minor salivary glands in the hard palate.
(Hard Palate Monomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising from the minor salivary glands in the hard palate.
(Hard Palate Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It forms the posterior part of the hard palate and the lateral wall of the nasal fossa and helps to form the floor of the orbit as well as several adjoining parts.
(Palatine Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
