pterygopalatine

• pterygopalatin (misspelling)
• pterygopalate

Borrowed from French ptérygo-palatin, from New Latin pterygopalātīnus, from pterygoīdēs (“winglike”) +‎ palātīnus (“relating to the palate”); equivalent to pterygo- +‎ palatine.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.ɹɪɡ.ə(ʊ)ˈpal.ə.tʌɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛɹ.əɡ.oʊˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/
• Rhymes: -ælətaɪn

pterygopalatine (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone.

• pterygopalatine fossa
• pterygopalatine ganglion

• “pterygopalatine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ptɛ.ry.ɡɔ.pa.ɫaːˈtiː.nɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pt̪e.ri.ɡo.pa.laˈt̪iː.ne]

pterygopalātīne

1. vocative masculine singular of pterygopalātīnus