palatoglossaladj.n.
/ˌpalətə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒsl/, /pəˌleɪtəʊˈɡlɒsl/, U.S. /ˈˌpælədoʊˈɡlɑsəl/ Anatomy.
Of, relating to, or involving the palate and the tongue; spec. of or relating to the palatoglossus muscle. Also as n.: the palatoglossus muscle (rare).
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lingual1774
glossopharyngeal1823
gloss-epiglottic1847
palatoglossal1850
glossal1860
labiolingual1865
glosso-laryngeal1868
orolingual1891
glosso-kinaesthetic1939
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > [adjective] > palate
palatical1654
palatine1656
palatial1707
palatal1786
palatic1823
pharyngopalatine1843
palatoglossal1850
palatopharyngeal1850
prepalatal1853
thyropalatine1872
palato-alveolar1884
transpalatine1891
uranic1898
1850 Topogr. Anat. (Amer. Inst. Homeopathy) 24 Muscles. The superior, middle and inferior constrictors of the pharynx, the stylo-pharingeus, palato-glossal and palato-pharyngeal; and the muscles proper of the soft palate.
1893 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Palatoglossal fold, the anterior pillar of the fauces.
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1369 The Palatoglossus pulls up the root of the tongue and approximates the palatoglossal arch to the median plane.
1984 J. Joseph Aids to Anat. (ed. 13) ix. 331 On each side the soft palate passes into two folds of mucous membrane enclosing muscular fibres—the anterior palatoglossal and posterior palatopharyngeal arches.
2000 Jrnl. Reconstructive Microsurg. 16 7 Speech was rated good by a speech pathologist, and palatoglossal contact was observed on cineoradiograph.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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