different between sphenopalatine vs pterygopalatine

English

Etymology

spheno- +? palatine

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æl?ta?n
• Rhymes: -æl?t?n

Adjective

sphenopalatine (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the sphenoid bone and the palate.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• pterygopalatin (misspelling)
• pterygopalate

Etymology

Borrowed from French ptérygo-palatin, from New Latin pterygopal?t?nus, from pterygo?d?s (“winglike”) +? pal?t?nus (“relating to the palate”); equivalent to pterygo- +? palatine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?.???.?(?)?pal.?.t??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??.??.o??pæl.??ta?n/
• Rhymes: -æl?ta?n

Adjective

pterygopalatine (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the indented area medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure leading into the sphenopalatine foramen.

Derived terms

• pterygopalatine fossa
• pterygopalatine ganglion

Translations

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pte.ry.?o.pa.la??ti?.ne/, [pt??????pä??ä??t?i?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pte.ri.?o.pa.la?ti.ne/, [pt???i??p?l??t?i?n?]

Adjective

pterygopal?t?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of pterygopal?t?nus