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Meaning of "soft palate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT PALATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT PALATE

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Soft palate is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOFT PALATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Soft palate

The soft palate is, in mammals, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is distinguished from the hard palate at the front of the mouth in that it does not contain bone.

Definition of soft palate in the English dictionary

The definition of soft palate in the dictionary is the posterior fleshy portion of the roof of the mouth. It forms a movable muscular flap that seals off the nasopharynx during swallowing and speech.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT PALATE

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soft paste
soft pedal
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soft release
soft roe
soft rot
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT PALATE

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

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

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Translation of «soft palate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT PALATE

Find out the translation of soft palate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soft 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 «soft palate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软腭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paladar blando
570 millions of speakers

English

soft palate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोमल तालू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللهاة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мягкого неба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

palato mole
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম তালু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

palais mou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelangit lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weichen Gaumen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軟口蓋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부드러운 구개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alus lembut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vòm miệng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான அண்ணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सौम्य टाळू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşak damak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

palato molle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podniebienia miękkiego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´якого піднебіння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

palatului moale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλακή υπερώα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte verhemelte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mjuka gommen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bløte gane
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft palate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT PALATE»

The term «soft palate» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.569 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT PALATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soft palate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT PALATE»

Discover the use of soft palate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft palate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clinical Outline of Oral Pathology: Diagnosis and Treatment
Suction petechiae are located either beneath a denture with a relief zone or on the soft palate in patients complaining of pruritus in that region. They may begin as a prodromal sign for sore throat, influenza, or the common cold. Onset of ...
Lewis R. Eversole, 2011
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Atlas of Head & Neck Surgery--otolaryngology
Surgical resection of part or all of the soft tissues that comprise the soft palate INDICATIONS 1 . Malignant and premalignant lesions of the soft palate, especially superficially invasive lesions and small tumors 2. Benign tumors of the soft palate ...
Byron J. Bailey, 2001
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The Voice Book: For Everyone who Wants to Make the Most of ...
In controlling the nasal quality or" the voice we have to be able to direct the action of the soft palate. If you feel back across the roof of the mouth with the tip of your tongue you will feel that at a certain point the hard palate continues into a softer ...
Michael McCallion, 1999
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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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Clinical Anatomy: An Illustrated Review with Questions and ...
The muscles of the soft palate are the tensor veli palatini, the levator veli palatini, the palatoglossus, the palatopharyngeus, and the musculus uvulae. The origins, insertions, nerve supply, and actions of these muscles are summarized in Table ...
Richard S. Snell, 2004
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Clinical Voice Disorders
5.3 and Table 5.1 show that damage to the pharyngeal branch of cranial nerve X, or above that level, up to the nucleus ambiguus in the medulla, produces unilateral or bilateral flaccid paralysis of the soft palate. Figure 5.3 shows how a right ...
Arnold Elvin Aronson, 2009
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Cunningham's Textbook of Anatomy
Laterally the soft palate is intimately connected on each side with two prominent folds, called the palatine arches. The exact relationship of the soft palate to these is as follows. The free posterior margin of the soft palate passes into the ...
Arthur Robinson, 1913
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Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, and Treatment Planning
The mucosa of the hard palate contains many openings of accessory' salivary glands. The junction of the hard and soft palate is called the vibrating line owing to its appearance when the patient says "ahh. "Just anterior to the vibrating lines  ...
Steven L. Bricker, B C Decker, Robert P. Langlais, 2001
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Human Microscopic Anatomy: An Atlas for Students of Medicine ...
Hard and soft palate Fig. 1. The hard (HP) and soft palate (SP) form the roof of the oral cavity. The framed area, i.e., part of the hard palate and the entire soft palate including the uvula (U), are shown at higher magnification in Fig. 2. Fig. 2.
Radivoj V. Krstic, 1991
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Textbook of Small Animal Surgery
Whereas the hard palate forms a rigid partition between the respiratory and digestive systems, the soft palate forms a valve. When elevated, it closes off the nasopharynx, and when depressed, it closes off the oropharynx. THE PHARYNX  ...
Douglas H. Slatter, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT PALATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soft palate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beer is the new wine - and you've probably been drinking it wrong …
... right side of your tongue are where the bitter and sweet receptors are located, with salt at the front and the bitterness levels at the very back of the soft palate. «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
2
Palate Workout Turns Down Snoring
Exercises involved the tongue, soft palate, and hard palate. They included elevation of the soft palate and uvula for several seconds, pushing the tip of the ... «MedPage Today, May 15»
3
The Medical Minute: HPV's link to head, neck cancer
Oropharyngeal cancer can affect the back third of the tongue, the soft palate, side and back walls of the throat and the tonsils. “Infection with certain kinds of HPV ... «Penn State News, Apr 15»
4
Bulldog that teaches kids about bullying back home after surgery
They also shortened his soft palate and repaired the alveolar cleft, an opening in the bone of the upper jaw. Doctors told them that he had a hole that went ... «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Mar 15»
5
Throat, tonsil and tongue cancer might be linked to oral sex
The most commonly affected areas are the base of the tongue, the tonsil region, the soft palate, which includes the uvula and the pharyngeal walls. Symptoms ... «MiamiHerald.com, Mar 15»
6
Area kitten back in pink after soft palate surgery
MARQUETTE - Lyra the kitten had a cleft soft palate defect, which can interfere with feeding and ultimately long-term survival. Lyra's soft palate, toward the back ... «Marquette Mining Journal, Feb 15»
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Lentil the Cleft-Palate Puppy Teaches Us all to be Kind (and Have …
Lentil the French Bulldog was born with a cleft hard and soft palate, nose and lip. While you might think that this would put Lentil at a disadvantage in life – you ... «One Green Planet, Nov 14»
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Cleft palate discovery in dogs to aid in understanding human birth …
Although cleft palate is one of the most common birth defects in children, ... in the formation of the secondary palate, which makes up all of the soft palate and the ... «UC Davis, Apr 14»
9
HPV-Linked Throat Cancer May Have Telltale First Symptoms
Oropharyngeal cancer arises in the throat, soft palate, tonsils or base of the tongue. Smoking is a major risk factor, as is chronic infection with certain strains of ... «Health.com, Mar 14»
10
Can a Blade of Grass Kill a Cat?
The pharynx exists in the space between the mouth (which ends at the soft palate) and the esophagus and larynx (the voice box, where the windpipe begins). «Catster, Jul 13»

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