a. [ Maxilla + palatine. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Naso- + palatal. ] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Palatine hill in Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A palatine bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Palate. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Palatinate. [ PJC ]

3. Of or pertaining to a Palatine{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

Count palatine,
County palatine. See under Count, and County. --
Palatine hill, or
The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See also Palatine Hill in the vocabulary, and Palace. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L. Mons Palatinus, It. Monte Palatino. ] One of the "seven hills" of Rome, situated southeast of the Capitoline and north-northeast of the Aventine. It borders on the Roman Forum; is the traditional seat of the city founded by Romulus; was the seat of private and later of imperial residences; and contains many antiquities. [ Century Dict., 1906 ]

a. [ Pref. post- + palatine. ] (Anat.) Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + palatine. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. trans- + palatine. ] (Anat.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]