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Examples of cleft palate in a Sentence
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All of the infants have distinctive physical birth defects, such as cleft palate and unusually small heads.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
In addition to cleft palate, the 10 infants have unusually small bodies and heads.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
Kimora even spent time with the mothers of children affected by cleft palate.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
The most common symptoms included cleft palates, unusually small bodies and heads, and noses that are turned upward.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
During her time there, the model mom visited the homes of patients recovering from cleft palate or cleft lip procedures.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
The mother of five, 48, recently traveled to Lima, Peru in support of Smile Train, a nonprofit organization that provides cleft palate treatments for children across the globe.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
About half of all living bat species have cleft palates—a feature that may be tied to bat echolocation.
—Riley Black, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
On April 13, 1984 — seven months before the first of the wells were shut down — Ann Johnson gave birth to a baby girl named Jacquetta, who had a cleft lip, a cleft palate and brain stem issues.
—Anna Schecter, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near cleft palate
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“Cleft palate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleft%20palate. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
cleft palate
noun
: a split in the roof of the mouth that occurs as a birth defect
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
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