PALATINE RAPHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palatine raphe mean? 

• PALATINE RAPHE (noun)
  The noun PALATINE RAPHE has 1 sense:

1. the seam at the middle of the hard palate

  Familiarity information: PALATINE RAPHE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALATINE RAPHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The seam at the middle of the hard palate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("palatine raphe" is a kind of...):

raphe; rhaphe (a ridge that forms a seam between two parts)