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
It is created by the maxillary and palatine bones of the skull and, given its bony structure, is known as the hard palate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A posterior pterygoid process from the palatine projects posteromedially from the end of the palatine and overlaps the anterior end of the pterygoid.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by John Wellman
