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hard palate
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hard palate
n.
The anterior part of the palate, consisting of the bony palate covered above by the mucous membrane of the nose, and below by the mucoperiosteum of the roof of the mouth.

hard palate
that part of the roof of the mouth supported by the palatine processes of the incisive and maxillae and the horizontal plates of the palatine bones. See also palate.

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