pseudopalate

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noun

A retainer-like plate, lined with electrodes, placed on the roof of the mouth in some forms of palatography.

OriginEnglish palate ← Middle English palate ← Old French palat →
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Meanings

nounpseudopalate (plural pseudopalates)

plural pseudopalates

  1. A retainer-like plate, lined with electrodes, placed on the roof of the mouth in some forms of palatography.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  8. Latinpalātum
  9. Old Frenchpalat
  10. Middle Englishpalate
  11. Englishpalate
  12. Englishpseudopalate

From pseudo- + palate.

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APA

pseudopalate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopalate

MLA

“pseudopalate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopalate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudopalate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopalate.

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