Definition of cleft palate in US English:
cleft palate
nounˈklɛft ˈpælətˈkleft ˈpalət
A congenital split in the roof of the mouth.
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- Scientists also identified genes that affirm the chicken's value as a model for study of developmental disorders like cleft palate and diseases like muscular dystrophy.
- Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects in which the tissues of the mouth and/or lip don't form properly during fetal development.
- I have seen children born with both cleft lip and cleft palate go on to be and do just about everything and anything imaginable.
- A cleft palate occurs when the roof of the mouth has not joined completely and can also range in severity.
- So most children with cleft palate suffer from frequent otitis media, ear discharge and deafness.
- Around 70% of babies with cleft lips also have cleft palates.
- Many patients had cleft lips, cleft palates, burns, or extra or fused fingers or toes.
- A cleft palate is an opening between the roof of the mouth and the nasal cavity.
- Repair of the cleft lip begins after completion of the cleft palate repair.
- Breast feeding can be difficult where the baby has a cleft palate, and some babies may need the help of special feeding equipment.
- These included cleft palates, skulls that didn't close and other deformities that affected the survival rate of kittens.
- The use of maxillary distraction, particularly in the cleft palate population, has allowed us to achieve levels of correction that are unattainable by other methods.
- Figure 2 provides a comparison of the anatomical features in a normal developed palate with that of a cleft palate deformity.
- It was indicative, as we later discovered, of the fact that she had a sub-mucous cleft palate and was unable to make a vacuum in her mouth cavity.
- And in some cases, until they have reconstructive surgery, children with cleft palates may need to wear a prosthetic palate called an obturator to help them eat properly.
- Twice as many boys as girls have a cleft lip, both with and without a cleft palate.
- More than 70 percent of babies with cleft lip also have cleft palate.
- Does a cleft palate have anything to do with the jaw?
- I am 19 years old and have scoliosis and a cleft palate.
- Sometimes cleft palate is taken to mean simply a hare lip.