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Meaning of "hard palate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARD PALATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARD PALATE

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Hard palate is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HARD PALATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Hard palate

The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth. It spans the arch formed by the upper teeth. It is formed by the palatine process of the maxilla and horizontal plate of palatine bone. It forms a partition between the nasal passages and the mouth. Also on the anterior portion of the roof of the hard palate is the Rugae which are the irregular ridges in the mucous membrane that help facilitate the movement of food backwards towards the pharynx. This partition is continued deeper into the mouth by a fleshy extension called the soft palate.

Definition of hard palate in the English dictionary

The definition of hard palate in the dictionary is the anterior bony portion of the roof of the mouth, extending backwards to the soft palate.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARD PALATE

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hard pad
hard paste
hard porn
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hard put
hard right
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hard rubber
hard sauce
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WORDS THAT END LIKE HARD PALATE

alate
amygdalate
cardinalate
cephalate
chocolate
cleft palate
de-escalate
dealate
escalate
generalate
intercalate
late
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oxalate
palate
phthalate
reescalate
soft palate
tantalate
terephthalate

Synonyms and antonyms of hard palate in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hard palate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARD PALATE

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The translations of hard palate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hard palate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

硬腭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paladar duro
570 millions of speakers

English

hard palate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुश्किल तालू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحنك الصلب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

твердого неба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

palato duro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হার্ড পালাট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

palais dur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelangit keras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

harten Gaumen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

硬口蓋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경구개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Palate keras
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vòm miệng cứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடின அண்ணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्ड टाळू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sert damak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

palato duro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podniebienia twardego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

твердого неба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

palatului dur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκληρή υπερώα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

harde verhemelte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hårda gommen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

harde gane
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD PALATE»

The term «hard palate» is regularly used and occupies the 85.106 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hard palate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARD PALATE»

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Oral Cancer: Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation
Cancer of the Hard Palate and Upper Alveolar Ridge John W. Werning and William M. Mendenhall. 13 Cancers of the hard palate and upper alveolar ridge are relatively uncommon malignancies that manifest unique patterns of clinical ...
John W. Werning, 2011
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Clinical Outline of Oral Pathology: Diagnosis and Treatment
Diffuse soft swelling of hard palate representing lymphoproliferative disease. ease is characterized by diffuse soft tissue enlargement located unilaterally in the hard palate. Occasionally, the lesion extends into the soft palate area and may ...
Lewis R. Eversole, 2001
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Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, and Treatment Planning
Palpation of the mucobuccal fold. elitis and central expansile lesions of the maxilla and mandible, the area of the mucobuccal fold is elevated almost to the height of the alveolar ridge. HARD PALATE Topographic Anatomy The incisive papilla ...
Steven L. Bricker, B C Decker, Robert P. Langlais, 2001
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Oral Pathology
Palate Definition— Anatomy The palate is divided into the anterior hard palate and the posterior soft palate. The hard palate consists of right and left halves, each of which form a triangular area between the maxillary alveolar process palatally, ...
Peter A. Reichart, Hans Peter Philipsen, 2000
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Textbook of Small Animal Surgery
Technical Considerations Hard Palate Hard palate clefts are repaired with double-pedicled flaps constructed from the hard palate mucosa and periosteum. Mucoperiosteal or mucosal flap repair of cleft hard palate has been met with palate ...
Douglas H. Slatter, 2003
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Color Atlas of Oral Diseases
The lesions are confluent and occupy part or all of the hard palate, giving it a cauliflower-like appearance. These lesions are asymptomatic as a rule and may be accidentally discovered by the patient, who becomes anxious, fearing a cancer.
George Laskaris, 2003
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Peterson's Principles of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Using this terminology, a complete cleft of the primary and secondary palates would involve the maxilla, alveolus, hard palate, and soft palate. An isolated cleft palate involving the hard and soft palate (without affecting the alveolar ridge) would ...
Michael Miloro, Peter Larsen, 2004
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Atlas of Head & Neck Surgery--otolaryngology
fciiI COMPLETE SECONDARY PALATAL CLEFT REPAIR (TWO-FLAP PALATOPLASTY WITH INTRAVELAR VELOPLASTY) The secondary palatal defect involves the entire soft palate and hard palate to the incisive foramen. The surgical goal ...
Byron J. Bailey, 2001
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Head & Neck Surgery--otolaryngology
This includes the lips, which are discussed in Chapter 110, the buccal mucosa, the upper and lower alveolar ridges, the retromolar trigone, the anterior two thirds of the tongue (oral tongue), the floor of the mouth, and the hard palate.
Byron J. Bailey, Jonas T. Johnson, Shawn D. Newlands, 2006
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Cunningham's textbook of anatomy
The hard palate is, on the whole, horizontal in direction, both transversely and antero- posteriorly. The soft palate is, on the other hand, during rest, as, for instance, in quiet nasal breathing, very oblique in direction, and it shuts off the mouth ...
Daniel John Cunningham, 1818

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARD PALATE»

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The perils of intimate kissing - Registered Dental Hygienist
... colonized microbially and that includes teeth and mucosa, including the gingival sulcus, tongue, hard palate, soft palate, cheeks and lips. «RDH, Jul 15»
2
NHS cancer patient has his mouth and tongue rebuilt using tissue …
It also includes the floor of the mouth, under the tongue, the roof of the mouth (the hard palate and the area behind the wisdom teeth. The most ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Ask the vet's pets: Protect pets from Fourth of July noise and hazards
This immune-mediated disease can attack the gums, hard palate, soft palate, tissue beneath the tongue, tonsils and throat. Genetics play a role, ... «Reading Eagle, Jul 15»
4
Dentures, boob jobs, and throw up, Oh My! Cringe-worthy moments …
I had a patient with an irritation on her hard palate. I asked her if she remembered eating or drinking anything that may have irritated it. She said ... «Dentistry IQ, Jun 15»
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Airway Management For Tiny Customers
One is to push the flattened LMA cuff against the hard palate and simultaneously guide the LMA into position. You can also insert them with the cuff partially or ... «OutpatientSurgery.net, Jun 15»
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George Korda: A swingset, a developmentally disabled little girl, and …
... the mouth (called the "hard palate" and "soft palate") in which the two sides of the palate did not join while your baby was developing in utero. «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jun 15»
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Smell, evolution and the sex brain: why we're monogamous and use …
... but through a structure called the vomeronasal organ (VNO), a chemical sensory organ lying above the hard palate in the roof of the mouth. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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High-frame-rate real-time imaging of speech production
... sound 'ñ,' which are contact of the tongue with the roof of the hard palate, and narrowing of the airway, in the mid-sagittal and coronal planes, ... «SPIE Newsroom, Jun 15»
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Treating a New Baby's Cleft Lip
We exchange usually the palatal prosthesis at the time if a large hard palate cleft is present. We repair the hard palate at around four years. «UUHC Health Feed, May 15»
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Children's dentists can spot, solve problems
Is the shape of the upper tooth arch correct and is the hard palate properly developed? Sometimes the treatment starts with an ENT doctor; ... «The News Journal, May 15»

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