Definitions for cleft palate
cleft palate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. cleft palatenoun

   a congenital fissure of the hard palate

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. cleft palatenoun

   An abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.

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1. cleft palate

   A cleft palate is a congenital deformity in which there is an opening or split in the roof of the mouth (palate), due to the tissue not fusing together during early fetal development. This can affect eating, speech, and oral health. It can occur alone or as part of a genetic syndrome or condition, and it may require surgery to repair depending on its severity.

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1. Cleft Palate

   Cleft lip and cleft palate, which can also occur together as cleft lip and palate, are variations of a type of clefting congenital deformity caused by abnormal facial development during gestation. A cleft is a fissure or opening—a gap. It is the non-fusion of the body's natural structures that form before birth. Approximately 1 in 700 children born have a cleft lip or a cleft palate or both. In decades past, the condition was sometimes referred to as harelip, based on the similarity to the cleft in the lip of a hare, but that term is now generally considered to be offensive. Clefts can also affect other parts of the face, such as the eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, and forehead. In 1976, Paul Tessier described fifteen lines of cleft. Most of these craniofacial clefts are even rarer and are frequently described as Tessier clefts using the numerical locator devised by Tessier. A cleft lip or palate can be successfully treated with surgery, especially so if conducted soon after birth or in early childhood.

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1. Cleft Palate

   Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion.

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1. • Birth Defect

How to pronounce cleft palate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say cleft palate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cleft palate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cleft palate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cleft palate in a Sentence

1. Dustin Plunkett:

   It's about life-saving experiences for people. It's about learning to be the best person you can be, when I was a kid, I was moving pretty much home to home, family member to family member, and nobody in my family knew how to support me because of my cleft palate and my intellectual disability.

2. Dustin Plunkett:

   When I was a kid, I was moving pretty much home to home, family member to family member, and nobody in my family knew how to support me because of my cleft palate and my intellectual disability.

3. Wendy Williams:

   When he shaves off his mustache, he's got a hairline fracture, he's got one of those, what do you call it, cleft lip, cleft palate.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cleft palate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cleft_Palate
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cleft palate