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glossopalatal

glossopalatal adjective: relating to the tongue and the palate.

Adjective

glossopalatal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the tongue and the palate

Origin of glossopalatal

From glosso- + palatal.

Questions about glossopalatal

What does glossopalatal mean?
Glossopalatal means relating to the tongue and the palate.
What part of speech is glossopalatal?
Glossopalatal is an adjective.

Words near glossopalatal in the dictionary

  1. glossoncus
  2. Glossons
  3. glossonym
  4. glossonyms
  5. Glossop
  6. glossopalatal
  7. glossopalatine
  8. glossopalatine nerve
  9. glossopalatine nerves
  10. glossopalatinus
  11. glossopathy

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