Medical Dictionary

palatine suture

noun

Medical Definition of PALATINE SUTURE

:  either of two sutures in the hard palate: a :  a transverse suture lying between the horizontal plates of the palatine bones and the maxillae b :  a median suture lying between the maxillae in front and continued posteriorly between the palatine bones

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