What it means
The root in words about the roof of the mouth, which has a bony hard palate in front and a soft palate at the back. A cleft palate is an opening in it present at birth, palatoplasty is surgery to repair it, and the palatine tonsils sit at the sides of the throat near the soft palate.
At a glance
| Also written | palato- |
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Related terms
gloss/o
A word part that means tongue.