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Definition of Cleft palate
1. Noun. A congenital fissure of the hard palate.
Definition of Cleft palate
1. Noun. (teratology) An abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Cleft palate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleft Palate
Literary usage of Cleft palate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1898)
"This defect is commonly but not always associated with a single hare-lip. Effect!
of cleft palate.—Obviously an infant with a cleft palate cannot draw ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Since the removal of the cast active movement within 30 degrees was possible.
The Technique of Operation for cleft palate. ..."
3. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"Harelip and cleft palate. — These are intimately associated deformities, due to
a more or less complete failure of the foundations of the upper jaw, ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"Improved Operation for cleft palate.—Mr. Mayo Collier describes what he considers
a great improvement in the operation for cleft palate. ..."
5. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1917)
"CLEFT-PALATE APPLIANCES. BY cleft-palate is meant a defective condition of the
roof of the mouth, forming an abnormal opening between the oral and nasal ..."
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