OS PALATINUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does os palatinum mean? 

• OS PALATINUM (noun)
  The noun OS PALATINUM has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: OS PALATINUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OS PALATINUM (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

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone

Hypernyms ("os palatinum" is a kind of...):

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