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Webster 1913 Edition

Palatopterygoid

Palˊa-top-ter′y-goid

,

Adj.

[

Palato-

+

pterygoid

.]

(Anat.)

Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull;

as, the

palatopterygoid

cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed

.