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maxillopalatine

maxillopalatine adjective: pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull.

Adjective

maxillopalatine (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull.
    • the maxillopalatine process of the maxilla

Noun

maxillopalatine (plural maxillopalatines)

  1. That area of the skull.

Forms of maxillopalatine

pluralmaxillopalatines

Origin of maxillopalatine

From maxillo- + palatine.

Words that rhyme with maxillopalatine

Questions about maxillopalatine

What does maxillopalatine mean?
Maxillopalatine means pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull.
What part of speech is maxillopalatine?
Maxillopalatine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near maxillopalatine in the dictionary

  1. maxillolacrimal
  2. maxillomandibular
  3. maxillonasal
  4. maxilloorbital
  5. maxillopalatal
  6. maxillopalatine
  7. maxillopalatines
  8. maxillopharyngeal
  9. maxillopod
  10. maxillopods
  11. maxillopremaxillary

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