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
The medial floor is primarily formed by the maxilla, with a small contribution from the palatine bone.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Tonsils are often removed in those children who have recurring throat infections, especially those involving the palatine tonsils on either side of the throat, whose swelling may interfere with their breathing and/or swallowing.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Small teeth occur on the palatine and the pterygoid in the upper jaw and on the dentary in the lower jaw.
From Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Ray D. Burkett
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