Look up: Cleft Palate

1. cleft palate
   [n] - a congenital fissure of the hard palate
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2. cleft palate
   A cleft palate is a condition in which the lip, or the lip and palate (roof of the mouth), do not grow together. About one in 600 babies are born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Clefts can be repaired with surgery, usually performed within the first year after birth.
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3. Cleft Palate
   an opening in the palate.
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4. Cleft palate
   a birth defect in which the roof of the mouth is split, extending from behind the teeth to the nasal cavity; often occurs with other birth defects such as cleft lip and partial deafness
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5. Cleft Palate
   Congenital fissure in the roof of the mouth due to failure of fusion before birth. The lip may also be affected (“cleft lip�)
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6. Cleft palate
   Cleft palate: An opening in the roof of the mouth (the palate) due to a failure of the palatal shelves to come fully together from either side of the mouth and fuse, as they normally should, during embryonic development. The opening in the palate permits communication between the nasal passages and ...
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7. cleft palate
   <embryology, paediatrics> A congenital fissure in the roof of the mouth forming a communication between the nasal passages and the oral cavity. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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8. cleft palate
   noun a congenital fissure of the hard palate
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9. cleft palate
   congenital fissure of the soft palate or both the soft and hard palates, resulting from failure of the two sides of the palate to unite properly at an early stage of fetal development. There is usually an opening through the roof of the mouth into the nasal cavity, extending forward into the premaxilla, where it bends to ...
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10. cleft palate
    a fairly common congenital deformity in which the palatal plates (in the roof of the mouth) fail to close during the second month of prenatal life. ... [3 related articles]
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11. Cleft Palate
    Congenital deformity resulting in lack of fusion of the soft and/or hard palate, either partial or complete.
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12. Cleft Palate
    A birth defect that occurs when there is a separation in the roof of the mouth, or palate. A child can have both a cleft lip and a cleft palate. A child that is born with a cleft lip or palate is at an increased risk of chronic ear infections, hearing loss and abnormal speech. Treatment for a cleft lip/palate will include surgery. Most doctors ...
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13. cleft palate
    cleft palate, incomplete fusion of bones of the palate. The cleft may be confined to the soft palate at the back of the mouth; it may include the hard palate, or roof of the mouth; or it may extend through the gum and lip, producing a gap in the teeth and a cleft lip, which is cosmetically difficult...
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14. cleft palate
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. a congenital fissure in the median line of the palate, often, but not necessarily associated with cleft lip. May occur as a component of other craniofacial anomalies or other syndromes, diastrophic dwarfism or spondyloepiphysial dysplasia congenita; its general genetic inc...
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15. Cleft Palate
    A birth defect in which the two halves of the mouth do not fuse together properly.
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16. CLEFT PALATE
    Birth defect characterized by an abnormal connection between the oral cavity and the nasal cavity; as a result, small amounts of milk often may be seen dripping from the nostrils when the foal suckles.
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