Soft Palate

Definition: Soft Palate

1. A muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking.

Specialty Definition: Soft palate

English words defined with "soft palate": gag reflex ♦ pharyngeal reflex ♦ snoring, Staphyloplasty ♦ uvula ♦ velar. (references)

Non-Fiction Usage: Soft Palate

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		First inspect the hard and then the soft palate. (references)
		Examine all soft palate and oropharyngeal tissues. (references)
		Palatal myoclonus is a regular, rhythmic contraction of one or both sides of the rear of the roof of the mouth, called the soft palate. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Soft Palate

Modern Translation: Soft Palate

Language		Translations for "soft palate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		軟 . (various references)

Finnish		pehmeä kitalaki. (various references)

Hungarian		lágy íny (velum). (various references)

Italian		palato molle. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		軟口�"� . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		な�"�"うがい. (various references)

Pig Latin		oftsay alatepay

Romanian		valul palatului. (various references)

Russian		мягкое нёбо, мягкое небо. (various references)

Spanish		velo del paladar. (various references)

Swedish		gomsegel (velum). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Soft Palate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-l-o-p-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: apostate, falsetto, flattops, paletots.
	-3 letters: apostle, flattop, folates, palates, paletot, pelotas, peltast, pottles, tapalos, tapetal, teapots.
	-4 letters: afloat, aftosa, alates, aptest, aslope, festal, floats, flotas, foetal, folate, latest, lattes, lottes, oftest, osteal, palate, palest, palets, pastel, pelota, petals, plates, pleats, postal, pottle, salpae, sapota, sapote, septal, solate, staple, statal, tapalo, tapeta, teapot, tepals.
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