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velodorsal

velodorsal adjective: formed when the soft palate lowers to touch the back of the tongue, due to developmental problems in the anatomy of the mouth, as opposed to velar (or more precisely dorso-velar), where the back of the tongue rises to touch the soft palate.

Adjective

velodorsal (not comparable)

  1. Formed when the soft palate lowers to touch the back of the tongue, due to developmental problems in the anatomy of the mouth, as opposed to velar (or more precisely dorso-velar), where the back of the tongue rises to touch the soft palate.

Questions about velodorsal

What does velodorsal mean?
Velodorsal means formed when the soft palate lowers to touch the back of the tongue, due to developmental problems in the anatomy of the mouth, as opposed to velar (or more precisely dorso-velar), where the back of the tongue rises to touch the soft palate.
What part of speech is velodorsal?
Velodorsal is an adjective.

Words near velodorsal in the dictionary

  1. velocity curves
  2. velocity dispersion
  3. velocity dispersions
  4. velocity potential
  5. velocity potentials
  6. velodorsal
  7. velodrome
  8. velodromes
  9. velodyne
  10. velodynes
  11. veloergometer

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