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Palaris Revolt
The Palaris Revolt was an uprising against Spanish rule in Pangasinan, Philippines, led by Juan de la Cruz Palaris from 1762 until his execution in 1765.
Palasa Ksara
Palasa Ksara (Palāśa Kṣāra, Palasha Kshara) is an Ayurvedic alkaline preparation of Butea monosperma ash and water, standardized in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (pH 10-12) and studied for urinary stones, hemorrhoids, and fistula.
Palasabijadi Curna
Palasabijadi Curna (Palāśabījādi cūrṇa), a classical Ayurvedic powder formulation led by Butea monosperma seed with Embelia ribes, Holarrhena pubescens, Swertia chirata, and a fifth ingredient recorded variously as Citrus limon or Azadirachta indica seed; AFI dose 1-3 g, used traditionally for worm infections and kidney stones.
Palash Sen
Palash Sen (पलाश सेन) is an Indian singer-songwriter and orthopedic surgeon, best known as founder and frontman of the Hindi rock band Euphoria, known for "Dhoom Pichak Dhoom" and "Maeri".
Palataka
Palataka (পলাতকা, meaning "the fugitive" or "the runaway") is a 1918 book of Bengali poems by Rabindranath Tagore, published by Visva-Bharati in Calcutta and known for poems written in a form close to prose.
Palatal consonant
Palatal consonant: consonant articulated at the hard palate with the tongue body or front; IPA symbols [c ɟ ɲ ç ʝ j ʎ]; English has only [j]; related to palatalization, with alveolopalatal versus palatal classification debates.
Palatal expansion
Palatal expansion, also called maxillary expansion, is an orthodontic treatment that widens the upper jaw at the midpalatal suture, correcting narrow palates and posterior crossbites.
Palatal myoclonus
Palatal myoclonus, also called palatal tremor, is a rare movement disorder with rhythmic 0.5-5 Hz contractions of the soft palate. Two forms: essential (tensor veli palatini, ear clicks, no lesion) and symptomatic (Guillain-Mollaret triangle lesion, often post-stroke).
Palatal Obturators
Palatal obturators are removable prostheses closing palatal defects from cleft palate or maxillectomy, separating oral and nasal cavities to restore speech, swallowing, and appearance; first described by Lusitanus in 1560.
Palatalization (phonetics)
Palatalization is a phonetic and phonological process in which consonants acquire a palatal secondary articulation or shift toward the palatal region, typically before front vowels or [j]; studied across 117 languages, with documented cases in Mandarin, Romance, and Estonian.
Palate
The palate (palatum) is the roof of the mouth and floor of the nasal cavities, divided into bony hard palate and muscular soft palate (velum); key facts include trigeminal sensory innervation, greater palatine artery supply, and week 6 to 12 human palatogenesis.
Palate re-repair
Palate re-repair is a revision operation that re-dissects and repositions the velar muscles of a previously repaired cleft palate to correct persistent velopharyngeal insufficiency, proposed as an alternative to pharyngeal flap or sphincter pharyngoplasty.
Palate repair
Palate repair, also called cleft palate repair or palatoplasty, is the surgical closure of a cleft palate, typically done when a child is 4 to 18 months old.
Palatinate (region)
Palatinate (Pfalz, Palz): historical region of southwestern Germany, once the Electoral Palatinate (Kurpfalz) ruled by the count palatine of the Rhine from Heidelberg, now Germany's second-largest wine-growing region in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Palatine
Palatine: a title for palace-derived officials, from Latin palatinus. Covers papal judices palatini, German Pfalzgraf counts palatine and elector palatine, Hungarian nádor, Polish governors, and English palatinates like Durham.
Palatine Chasmata
Palatine Chasmata is a 1,100-km IAU-approved (1982) canyon system on Saturn's moon Dione, named after Rome's Palatine Hill, part of the wispy terrain and interpreted as thrust faults or rift-zone scarps.
Palatine Hill
Palatine Hill (Monte Palatino), central hill of Rome above the Roman Forum; site of Iron Age settlement, Romulus legend, Augustus' birthplace and residence, and the imperial palaces that gave the word "palace".
Palatine Law
The Palatine Law (กฎมนเทียรบาล), also rendered Palace Law, is the principal Siamese law on kingship and government, probably dating to the late fifteenth century and still influential today.
Palatine of Hungary
The Palatine of Hungary (Hungarian: nádor) was the highest non-dynastic secular dignity in medieval Hungary, ranking after the king and heading a major court of justice.
Palatine Stadium
Palatine Stadium (Stadio Palatino), also called Stadium of Domitian or Palatine Hippodrome: a 161 x 48 m circus-shaped garden courtyard built by Domitian on Rome's Palatine Hill, distinct from the Piazza Navona stadium.
Palatine tonsil
Palatine tonsil (faucial tonsil), paired oropharyngeal lymphoid tissue of Waldeyer ring between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches; M-cell antigen sampling, 10-30 crypts, five-artery supply, and Paradise tonsillectomy criteria.
Palatini formulation
The Palatini formulation is a variational approach to general relativity in which the metric and affine connection are varied independently; it is used mainly in modified gravity theories.
Palatiolum
Palatiolum ("little palace") is a fortified late Roman residence at Pfalzel near Trier, built in the 4th century, about 65 x 56 m, later a nunnery founded by Adela around 700 and an archiepiscopal castle; distinct from a Bulgarian site of the same name.
Palatoplasty
Palatoplasty is surgical repair of a cleft palate, closing the palatal defect and reconstructing the levator muscle sling, usually at 6–14 months of age. Techniques include von Langenbeck, Veau-Wardill-Kilner, Furlow Z-plasty, and Sommerlad intravelar veloplasty.
Palatschinke
Palatschinke (palacsinta, palačinka) is a thin rolled egg pancake of Austrian and Central European cuisine, filled with jam or Topfen curd cheese; its name derives from Hungarian palacsinta via Romanian plăcintă from Latin placenta, first attested in 1577.
Palau
Palau (Belau), western Pacific island nation southeast of the Philippines; 459 sq km, over 300 islands, capital Ngerulmud. Independent 1994 under a Compact of Free Association with the US; presidential republic led by Surangel Whipps Jr.; tourism- and aid-dependent economy.
Palau de la Música Catalana
Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona concert hall built 1905-1908 by Lluís Domènech i Montaner for the Orfeó Català; only UNESCO World Heritage concert hall (1997), Catalan Modernism landmark.
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona: a serial UNESCO World Heritage site (1997, criteria i, ii, iv) of two Lluís Domènech i Montaner Modernista works, a 1905–1908 concert hall and a 1902–1930 garden-city hospital.
Palau Sant Jordi
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona's largest indoor arena (about 17,000–18,500 capacity) in the Montjuïc Olympic Ring, designed by Arata Isozaki for the 1992 Olympics and opened 21 September 1990; hosts major concerts and Premier Padel Finals.
Palauan Compact of Free Association referendums
A series of eight referendums held between the mid-1980s and 1993 on approving a Compact of Free Association with the United States, finally passing in 1993 after Palau lowered its 75% approval threshold.