cleft palate
noun
: congenital fissure of the roof of the mouth
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In 2013, investigators returned to the case, sending her skull to be scanned for 3D reconstruction, and learned the victim had a cleft palate. 
Fox News, 21 July 2022 Medical papers have linked it to all kinds of issues in infants, including neglect, poverty, and diseases as varied as cerebral palsy, cleft palate, cystic fibrosis, and gastroesophageal reflux. Eric Boodman, STAT, 12 July 2022 The two were quick to jump into supporting a joint cause, lending their star power to the #Search4Smiles campaign to benefit the nonprofit Smile Train, which provides free cleft palate surgeries to those in need. Jolene Latimer, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2022 Being an ugly woman, or simply a woman who experienced her body dysphorically, was not a crisis on par with battlefield disfigurements, disease mutations or congenital anomalies that had clinical names like a cleft palate or gigantomastia. New York Times, 10 May 2022 The hospital came to Indianapolis in 1869, and was one of the first in the country to treat a variety of congenital deformities like cleft palate, club foot and more. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2022 In the 15th century readers meet Anna, an orphan in Constantinople, and Omeir, a boy with a cleft palate in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria. Diana Furchtgott-roth, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2021 The boy pharaoh Tutankhamen, who died around 1324 BC, suffered from a host of conditions including a club foot and cleft palate, but malaria was likely what killed him. Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021 Seymour has been ostracized for his behavioral tics, Omeir for his cleft palate, Anna for her rebelliousness, and Konstance for her curiosity. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021 See More
Fox News, 21 July 2022 Medical papers have linked it to all kinds of issues in infants, including neglect, poverty, and diseases as varied as cerebral palsy, cleft palate, cystic fibrosis, and gastroesophageal reflux. Eric Boodman, STAT, 12 July 2022 The two were quick to jump into supporting a joint cause, lending their star power to the #Search4Smiles campaign to benefit the nonprofit Smile Train, which provides free cleft palate surgeries to those in need. Jolene Latimer, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2022 Being an ugly woman, or simply a woman who experienced her body dysphorically, was not a crisis on par with battlefield disfigurements, disease mutations or congenital anomalies that had clinical names like a cleft palate or gigantomastia. New York Times, 10 May 2022 The hospital came to Indianapolis in 1869, and was one of the first in the country to treat a variety of congenital deformities like cleft palate, club foot and more. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2022 In the 15th century readers meet Anna, an orphan in Constantinople, and Omeir, a boy with a cleft palate in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria. Diana Furchtgott-roth, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2021 The boy pharaoh Tutankhamen, who died around 1324 BC, suffered from a host of conditions including a club foot and cleft palate, but malaria was likely what killed him. Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021 Seymour has been ostracized for his behavioral tics, Omeir for his cleft palate, Anna for her rebelliousness, and Konstance for her curiosity. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
cleft palate
noun
: congenital fissure of the roof of the mouth produced by failure of the two maxillae to unite during embryonic development and often associated with cleft lip
called also palatoschisis