PALATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palate mean? 

• PALATE (noun)
  The noun PALATE has 1 sense:

1. the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

  Familiarity information: PALATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

palate; roof of the mouth

Hypernyms ("palate" is a kind of...):

surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)

Meronyms (parts of "palate"):

gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud (an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue)

soft palate; velum (a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking)

hard palate (the bony part of the roof of the mouth)

Holonyms ("palate" is a part of...):

mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)

Derivation:

palatal (relating to or lying near the palate)

 Context examples 

Removal of tissue from the soft palate for microscopic examination.

(Biopsy of Soft Palate, NCI Thesaurus)

Removal of tissue from the palate for microscopic examination.

(Biopsy of Palate, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the soft palate or uvula.

(Benign Soft Palate Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the back third of the tongue, the soft palate, the side and back walls of the throat, and the tonsils.

(Oropharynx, NCI Dictionary)

Often, surgery can close the lip and palate.

(Cleft Lip and Palate, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The part of the pharynx in the back of the throat, at and above the soft palate.

(Nasopharynx, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the hard or soft palate.

(Palate Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A Kaposi sarcoma arising from the palate.

(Palate Kaposi Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign epithelial neoplasm arising from the minor salivary glands in the hard palate.

(Hard Palate Monomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the hard palate.

(Hard Palate Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)