palato-
1
a combining form representing palate, in compound words:
palatogram.
Related Words
- palatogram
- palatography
1932 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 3) ix. 45*Palato-alveolar, articulated by the blade of the tongue against the teeth-ridge with raising of the main body of the tongue towards the palate.
1962 B. M. H. Strang Mod. Eng. Struct. iii. 30Palato-alveolar (tongue tip to palatal edge of alveolar ridge).
1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics iii. 101Palato-alveolar fricatives.
1973 J. C. Wells JamaicanPronunc. in London i. 10An unexpectedly large number of confusions between post⁓alveolar and palato-alveolar affricates turned up.
1844 Key Alphabet, etc. 55D..is the medial letter of the order of dentals, or *palato-dentals.
Ibid. 99T is the thin letter of the dental or palato-dental series.
1893 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,*P fold, the anterior pillar of the fauces. [ alatoglossal]
1782 Monro Anat. 92Each of the two *palato-maxillary is at the back part of the side of each nostril. [ sutures]
1880 Gunther Fishes 76The palato-maxillary apparatus.
1878 Bell Gegenbaur'sComp. Anat. 448A firm framework for the *palato-pharyngeal cavity.
1893 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,P fold, the posterior pillar of the fauces. [ alato-pharyngeal]
1890 Billings Nat. Med. Dict. II. 278*Palatoplasty.
1854 Owen Skel. & Teeth inCirc. Sc. , Organ.Nat. I. 235The *palato-pterygoid process.
1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 396The palato-pterygoid of Urodela appears as a continuous membrane-bone subsequently divided.
Ibid. 413In the latter the *palato-pterygo-quadrate cartilage is continuous with the cranium... The palato-pterygo-quadrate is continuous with the cranium in Dipnoi. [ Holocephali among Pisces]
1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 38The *palato-quadrate cartilages.
1871 Huxley Anat. Vert. 135the palato-quadrate arch is represented by several bones, of which the most constant are the palatine in front and the quadrate behind and below. [ In osseous fishes]
1857 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,*Palatoraphy, term for the operation of uniting by suture the cleft palate.
1893 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,Palatorrhaphy, the suturing of a cleft palate.
1895 P. Giles ShortMan. Compar. Philol. ii. viii. 113Osthoff argues that there were originally three series of guttural consonants , making the velars which are not followed by u̯ the third intermediate or ‘*palato⁓velar’ series. [ in Indo-Germanic]
1902 E. W. Scripture Elem. Exper. Phonetics xxix. 443,3d Series (middle and back of tongue)..k2, g2 palato-velar.
1935 W. F. Twaddell On defining Phoneme v. 48The ‘p-phoneme’ is therefore the sum of all those phonological differentiae which correspond to a bilabial articulation as opposed to alveolar or palato⁓velar, . [ etc.]
1964 R. A. Hall Introd. Linguistics i. xvi. 96In the case of French, we can, on the grounds of complementary distribution, bring bilabial and labio-dental together under ‘labial’ position; palatal and velar together under ‘palato-velar’; and fricative and sibilant together under ‘spirant’ manner.
palato-
combining form
Etymology: Latin palatum palate
1. : palate : of the palate
< palatogram >
< palatoplegia >
2. : palatal and
< palatodental >
1.
< palatogram >
< palatoplegia >
2.
< palatodental >
palato-
Prefix
- anatomy palate