SPHENO-PALATINE

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 23

adj. Sfen"o-pa2l'a2t-i2n. Lat., sphenopalatinus (from ff rjv, a wedge, and palatum, the palate). Pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the palate. [C.] As a n., see ABDUCTOR of the Eustachian tube. [s. 515]