palatal hook
/P AE1 L AH0 T AH0 L UH0 K/noun
- 1
(orthodontics) A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.
- 2
(typography, pre-1989 IPA) A hamiform diacritic โจโฬกโฉ formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay โจโสฒโฉ.
- 3
(typography, rare) = hรกฤek (when it takes the form of a prime)
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