hard palate
Americannoun
noun
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For example, the consonant "da," which is produced by touching the tongue to the hard palate behind the teeth, is needed to produce the word dog.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
The hard palate is the bony plate that forms the roof of the mouth and floor of the nasal cavity, separating the oral and nasal cavities.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
If you run your tongue along the roof of your mouth, you’ll notice that the hard palate ends in the posterior oral cavity, and the tissue becomes fleshier.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
He makes a thin gold plate for the hard palate and a flattened, hollow gold bulb for the soft palate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The aid of the dentist is required to fit a denture which will at least restore the hard palate and alveolar margin.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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