HyperDic: os_palatinum

English > 1 sense of the expression os palatinum:
NOUNbodyos palatinum, palatine, palatine boneeither of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
English > os palatinum: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningEither of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.
Synonymspalatine, palatine bone
Broaderbone, osrigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Spanishhueso palatal, hueso palatino, os palatinum, palatino
Catalanos palatí

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