Usually means: Relating to pterygoid and palatine bones.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word pterygopalatine:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. pterygopalatine: Wordnik
  2. pterygopalatine: Wiktionary
  3. Pterygopalatine, pterygopalatine: Dictionary.com
  4. Pterygopalatine: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. pterygopalatine: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Pterygopalatine: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. pterygopalatine: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Pterygopalatine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. pterygopalatine: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pterygopalatine)

▸ adjective:  (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone.

Similar:
palatopterygoid, sphenopalatine, palatovaginal, pterygomaxillary, palatopharyngeal, Palatine, pterygoidal, craniopalatine, pterygoid, palatal, more...

Phrases:
pterygopalatine fossa, pterygopalatine ganglion, pterygopalatine canal, pterygopalatine nerves, pterygopalatine nerve, more...

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Similar:
palatopterygoid, sphenopalatine, palatovaginal, pterygomaxillary, palatopharyngeal, Palatine, pterygoidal, craniopalatine, pterygoid, palatal, more...

Phrases:
pterygopalatine fossa, pterygopalatine ganglion, pterygopalatine canal, pterygopalatine nerves, pterygopalatine nerve, pterygopalatine foramen, more...



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