palatine
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The palatine tonsils are on the sides of the throat, and there are also lingual tonsils on the back of the tongue.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017
The book was spectacularly ill timed, although it earned Apian a position as court astronomer to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and eventually the title of imperial count palatine.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
Similar to the pharyngeal tonsil, the palatine and lingual tonsils are composed of lymphoid tissue, and trap and destroy pathogens entering the body through the oral or nasal cavities.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Thus, the palatine bones are best seen in an inferior view of the skull and hard palate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
First come the palatine cardinals, i.e. those who, on account of their office, have the right of living in the papal palaces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
