palatal hook

rare pre-1989-IPA

(orthodontics) A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth. / (typography, rare) = háček (when it takes the form of a prime)

Japanese Meaning

（歯列矯正）上側の歯に固定された矯正装置の内部に装着される、弾性バンドを連結するための小さいフック。 / （活用例）タイポグラフィ（稀な用例）：プライム記号の形をとる場合のháčekと同義。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

診察中、矯正医は上の歯の裏側に付いたゴムをかけるための小さな口蓋フックを調整し、ゴムがしっかりと装着されるようにした。

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Sense（1）

(orthodontics) A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:palatal hook.

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Sense（2）

(typography, rare) = háček (when it takes the form of a prime)

In the Zographensis one finds pьřěaxǫ (John 6:52). Here the liquid is marked with the palatal hook.

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Sense（3）

(typography, pre-1989 IPA) A hamiform diacritic (̡) formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay: (ʲ).

palatal hooks

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