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Palate vs Uraniscoplasty - What's the difference?

palate | uraniscoplasty |

As nouns the difference between palate and uraniscoplasty

is that palate is (anatomy) the roof of the mouth; the uraniscus while uraniscoplasty is (surgery) the process of forming an artificial palate.

As a verb palate

is (nonstandard) to relish; to find palatable.

palate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
  • The sense of taste.
  • (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
  • (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
  • (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

    • Derived terms

    * palatable * palatal * palatally * hard palate * soft palate

    Verb

    (palat)
  • (nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
  • * Wired [http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/film-culturomics/]
    • "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate ," said Sreenivasan.

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Etruscan ----

    uraniscoplasty

    English

    Noun

  • (surgery) The process of forming an artificial palate.

    • Synonyms

    * uranoplasty (Webster 1913)