Soft Palate Definition

noun
The movable fold, consisting of muscular fibers enclosed in a mucous membrane, that is suspended from the rear of the hard palate and closes off the nasal cavity from the oral cavity during swallowing or sucking.
American Heritage Medicine
The soft part at the rear of the roof of the mouth; velum.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
soft palate
Plural:
soft palates

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