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Palate: The hard and soft tissues forming the roof of the mouth.

Cleft Palate: Congenital condition with cleft lip alone, or with cleft palate: cause is thought to be multifactorial.

Incisive Foramen: The incisive foramen is located in the midline on the anterior extreme of the hard palate. It transmits the left (more anterior) and right (more posterior) nasopalatine (Scarpa) (long spheno . . . View Full Definition

Cancrum Otis: A severe, destructive, eroding ulcer of the cheek and lip. In the last century it was seen in delicate, ill-fed, ill-tended children between the ages of two and five. The disease was the res . . . View Full Definition

Torus: A bony elevation or protuberance of normal bone. Usually seen on the upper palate behind the front teeth or under the tongue inside the lower jaw.

Palatal: In linguistics, any sound involving the hard palate--especially the tongue touching or moving toward the hard palate.

Velar: In linguistics, any velar sound involves the soft palate or velum--especially when the tongue touches against the soft palate.

Palatalization: In linguistics, the process of making a sound more palatal--i.e., moving the blade of the tongue closer to the hard palate.

Finish: If aroma is the overture of the coffee, then finish is the resonant silence at the end of the piece. Finish is a term relatively recently brought over into coffee tasting from wine connoisse . . . View Full Definition

Alveopalatal: This adjective refers to any sound made by the tongue's approaching the gum ridge and the hard palate. Examples include the consonant sounds found in the beginning of the words Jill, Chill, . . . View Full Definition