Cleft
41cleft palate — cleft palates N VAR If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly …
42cleft palate — n. a cleft from front to back along the middle of the palate, or roof, of the mouth, caused by the failure of the two parts of the palate to join in prenatal development …
43Cleft Peak — Elevation 946 m (3,104 ft) Prominence 600 m (1,969 ft) …
44cleft lip — n a split in someone s upper lip, that they are born with …
45cleft palate — n a split in the top of the inside of someone s mouth, that they are born with and that makes it difficult for them to speak clearly …
46cleft palate — noun count a medical condition in which there is a narrow space inside someone s mouth at the top, so that it is difficult for them to speak clearly …
47cleft lip — cleft′ lip′ n. pat a congenital defect of the upper lip in which a longitudinal fissure extends into one or both nostrils • Etymology: 1910–15 …
48cleft palate — cleft′ pal′ate n. pat a congenital defect of the palate in which a longitudinal fissure exists in the roof of the mouth • Etymology: 1840–50 …
49cleft palate — ► NOUN ▪ a congenital split in the roof of the mouth …
50cleft-graft — «KLEHFT GRAFT, GRAHFT», transitive verb. to engraft (a plant) by cleaving the stock and inserting a cutting …