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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 594 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PALATE (Lat. palatum, possibly from the root of pascere, to feed)

PALATE (
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Lat. palatum, possibly from the
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ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root of pascere, to feed) , the roof of the mouth in

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man and vertebrate animals . The

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PALATE (Lat. palatum, possibly from the root of pascere, to feed)

palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony " hard palate " (see MOUTH), and the posterior fleshy "

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soli palate " (see PHARYNX) . For the malformation consisting in a

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LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal fissure in the roof of the mouth, see CLEFT PALATE .

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