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
Between these two arches are the palatine tonsils, clusters of lymphoid tissue that protect the pharynx.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The largest region of each of the palatine bone is the horizontal plate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The palatine is slightly rounded at its anterior end, which extends anteriorly to the posterior margin of the vacuity containing Jacobson's organ.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by John Wellman
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