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soft palates

soft palates is the plural of soft palate.

Meaning of soft palate

Noun

soft palate (plural soft palates)

  1. The soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth.
    • The part which is connected by a thin tendinous end to the tendinous membrane, that is extended above upon the soft palate, coming from the nostrils; and with that membrane seems to be inserted into the middle and posterior edge of the palate bones.1754, Bernhard Siegfried, The Explanation of Albinus's Anatomical Figures of the Human Skeleton and Muscles

Questions about soft palates

What is soft palates the plural of?
Soft palates is the plural of soft palate.

Words near soft palates in the dictionary

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