单词 | pendulous veil of the palate |
释义 | > as lemmaspendulous veil of the palate b. Anatomy and Zoology. In full palatine veil, pendulous veil of the palate, veil of the palate. The soft palate; = velum n. 2a. Now rare. [After post-classical Latin velum palatinum (1712 or earlier), velum pendulum palati (1717 or earlier), velum palati (1730 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] > outer covering > skin or membrane filmeOE skinlet1598 veil1746 1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 4 A Cavity at the Root of the Tongue, under the pendulous Veil of the Palate, Uvula, and Tonsils. 1777 W. Grant Short Acct. Fever & Sore Throat ii. 20 I have seen the veil of the palate so destroyed as to suffer the drink to pass into the nose. 1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) I. 599 Certain phenomena, which occasionally show themselves in the glottis, larynx, and even in the pendulous veil of the palate. 1854 J. S. Bushnan in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 140 This expulsion of water is produced by means of a peculiar arrangement of the veil of the palate. 1869 J. R. Cormack tr. A. Trousseau Lect. Clin. Med. II. 553 Paralysis of the veil of the palate cannot be entirely explained by the plastic inflammation of which the veil was the seat. 1919 A. Martino Mechanism Human Voice 9 The opening bordered by the palatine veil and the root of the tongue..is called isthmus of throat. 2012 Nutrition 28 960/1 This form [sc. bulbar progressive paralysis] is characterized by the patient's initial inability to pronounce consonant phonemes and evolves to a total inability of tongue protrusion with decreased mobility of the palatine veil. < as lemmas |
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