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postpalatal

postpalatal adjective: posterior to the palate.

Adjective

postpalatal (not comparable)

  1. posterior to the palate

Origin of postpalatal

From post- + palatal.

Questions about postpalatal

What does postpalatal mean?
Postpalatal means posterior to the palate.
What part of speech is postpalatal?
Postpalatal is an adjective.

Words near postpalatal in the dictionary

  1. postpachytene
  2. postpagan
  3. postpageant
  4. postpaid
  5. postpainterly
  6. postpalatal
  7. postpalatine
  8. postpaleolithic
  9. postpaludal
  10. postpancreatectomy
  11. postpancreaticoduodenectomy

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