| bilateral synchrony | Electroencephalographic activity that is recorded over both hemispheres simultaneously; usually used in reference to spike and wave activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hearing loss, bilateral | Partial hearing loss in both ears. (12 Dec 1998) |
| idiopathic bilateral vestibulopathy | Slowly progressive disorder affecting young to middle-aged adults, manifested as gait unsteadiness (especially when visual cues are absent) and oscillopsia, unaccompanied by vertigo and hearing loss. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arch of the palate | The vaulted roof of the mouth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bony palate | A concave elliptical bony plate, constituting the roof of the oral cavity, formed of the palatine process of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone on either side. Synonym: palatum osseum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Byzantine arch palate | Incomplete fusion of the palatal process with the nasal spine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palate | 1. <anatomy> The roof of the mouth. The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum. 2. Relish; taste; liking; a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. "Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests." (Pope) 3. Mental relish; intellectual taste. 4. <botany> A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon. Origin: L. Palatum: cf. F. Palais, Of. Also palat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palate hook | An instrument for pulling forward the soft palate in order to facilitate posterior rhinoscopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palate myograph | Synonym: palatograph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palate, soft | The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone and so is soft. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pendulous palate | A conical projection from the posterior edge of the middle of the soft palate, composed of connective tissue containing a number of racemose glands, and some muscular fibres (uvulae muscle). Synonym: uvula palatina, pendulous palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gothic palate | An abnormally highly arched palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary palate | In the early embryo, the mesoderm-filled shelf, formed from the medial nasal process, that anteriorly separates the oral cavity below from the primitive nasal cavities above. Synonym: primitive palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primitive palate | In the early embryo, the mesoderm-filled shelf, formed from the medial nasal process, that anteriorly separates the oral cavity below from the primitive nasal cavities above. Synonym: primitive palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary palate | The posterior portion of the embryonic palate, which forms from the palatal processes of the embryonic maxilla and develops into the hard palate. (05 Mar 2000) |