Palatine bones Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun either 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
    os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone.

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Definitions
  1. (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.

Webster 1913