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palatal hook

Noun

Meaning

(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)

(typography, pre-1989 IPA) A hamiform diacritic () formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay: (ʲ).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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