palatine
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The palatine tonsils are on the sides of the throat, and there are also lingual tonsils on the back of the tongue.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017
The book was spectacularly ill timed, although it earned Apian a position as court astronomer to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and eventually the title of imperial count palatine.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
Between these two arches are the palatine tonsils, clusters of lymphoid tissue that protect the pharynx.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It is created by the maxillary and palatine bones of the skull and, given its bony structure, is known as the hard palate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Spheneth′moid, pertaining to the sphenoid and the ethmoid bone; Sphē′nō-fron′tal, -mā′lar, -pal′atine, -parī′etal, -tem′poral, pertaining to the sphenoid and frontal, malar, palatine, parietal, and temporal bones respectively.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
