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PALATE (Lat. palatum, possibly from the root of pascere, to feed)

PALATE (See also:
LAT
Lat. palatum, possibly from the See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root of pascere, to feed) , the roof of the mouth in See also:

man and vertebrate animals. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony " hard palate " (see MOUTH), and the posterior fleshy " See also:

soli palate " (see PHARYNX). For the malformation consisting in a See also:

LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal fissure in the roof of the mouth, see CLEFT PALATE.

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