"soft palate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soft palates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft palate (plural soft palates)
  1. (anatomy) The soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: velum, muscular palate Translations (tissue): حَنَك رَخُو (ḥanak raḵū) [masculine] (Arabic), կատիկ (katik) (Armenian), փափուկ քիմք (pʻapʻuk kʻimkʻ) (Armenian), vel del paladar [masculine] (Catalan), paladar tou [masculine] (Catalan), 軟齶 (Chinese Mandarin), 软腭 (ruǎn'è) (Chinese Mandarin), yımşaq tañlay (Crimean Tatar), měkké patro [neuter] (Czech), kitapurje (Finnish), pehmeä kitalaki (Finnish), voile du palais [masculine] (French), palais mou [masculine] (French), padal brando [masculine] (Galician), რბილი სასა (rbili sasa) (Georgian), Gaumensegel [neuter] (German), weicher Gaumen [masculine] (German), Velum [neuter] (German), coguas [masculine] (Irish), palato molle [masculine] (Italian), velo palatino [masculine] (Italian), velopendulo [masculine] (Italian), 軟口蓋 (nankōgai) (alt: なんこうがい) (Japanese), 연구개 (yeon'gugae) (Korean), minkštasis gomurys [masculine] (Lithuanian), měke njebjo [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), welum [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), nermika esmanê dev [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), podniebienie miękkie [neuter] (Polish), palato mole [masculine] (Portuguese), palat moale [neuter] (Romanian), vălul palatin (Romanian), мя́гкое нёбо (mjáxkoje njóbo) [neuter] (Russian), за́днее нёбо (zádneje njóbo) [neuter] (Russian), velo del paladar [masculine] (Spanish), gomsegel [neuter] (Swedish), mjuk gom [common-gender] (Swedish), velum [jargon] (Swedish), malambot na ngalangala (Tagalog), yumuşak damak (Turkish), ýumşak kentlewük (Turkmen), müdapalat (Volapük), taflod feddal [feminine] (Welsh), cefn y daflod [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "tissue",
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      "roman": "rbili sasa",
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      "sense": "tissue",
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      "roman": "mjáxkoje njóbo",
      "sense": "tissue",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zádneje njóbo",
      "sense": "tissue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "за́днее нёбо"
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      "sense": "tissue",
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      "sense": "tissue",
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      "word": "velo del paladar"
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      "sense": "tissue",
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "tissue",
      "word": "malambot na ngalangala"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tissue",
      "word": "yumuşak damak"
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      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "tissue",
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      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "tissue",
      "word": "müdapalat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taflod feddal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cefn y daflod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soft palate"
}

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