palatine bone palatine artery • palatine raphe · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · palatine bone · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits. Synonyms: palatine, palatine bone, os palatinum. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · palatine · · Synonym 1 os palatinum · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 t latin small letter t U+0074