pendulous palate
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Palate — The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate). * * * The bony and muscular partition between the oral and nasal cavities. SYN: palatum [TA], roof of mouth, uraniscus. [L. palatum, p … Medical dictionary
Uvula — The small piece of soft tissue that can be seen dangling down from the soft palate over the back of the tongue. The uvula is described variously shaped like a U, a tear or a grape. Its name comes from the Latin word for grape, uva. The uvula has… … Medical dictionary
snore — 1. A rough, rattling, inspiratory noise produced by vibration of the pendulous palate, or sometimes of the vocal cords, during sleep or coma. SEE ALSO: stertor, rhonchus. 2. To breathe noisily, or with a s.. [A.S. snora] * * * snore snō … Medical dictionary
casuariiform — ▪ order of birds Introduction any member of a group of large, flightless birds (bird) that includes two families native to Australasia. The family Dromaiidae, made up of the single living species of emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), is found only … Universalium
mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… … Universalium
Griffon Bruxellois — Infobox Dogbreed image caption = A Griffon Bruxellois akcgroup = Toy akcstd = http://www.akc.org/breeds/brussels griffon/index.cfm altname = Brussels Griffon Belgium Griffon ankcgroup = Group 1 (Toy) ankcstd =… … Wikipedia
