Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the palate-bone and the pterygoid bone; pterygopalatine; palatoquadrate: as, the palatopterygoid suture or articulation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Pertaining to the
palatine andpterygoid region of theskull .
Etymologies
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palato- + pterygoid
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