palate

cleft palate | American Dictionary

cleft palate
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkleft ˈpæl·ət/
a condition in which a person is born with an opening in the roof of the mouth

Examples of cleft palate

cleft palate
Males are more frequently affected with hare lip and cleftpalate and pyloric stenosis while females are more prone to congenital dislocation of the hip.
Striking external abnormalities were present, including a large posterior encephalocoele, left facial cleft, cleftpalate and small chin with early pterygia formation.
Patients with this syndrome display, amongst others, craniofacial anomalies including ear malformation, short mandible and cleftpalate.
A suspicion of a cardiac abnormality was already raised due a previous diagnosis of cleftpalate of the fetus.
Furthermore, this developmental language delay occurred in the absence of hearing impairment and oral motor or structural deficits such as cleftpalate.
For a baby who has a cleftpalate only, then she has a choice.
Premature infants, children with acute infections, those receiving antibiotics and those with cleftpalate were not included in the study.
Even before speech develops, babbling patterns are abnormal in children with cleftpalate and many surgeons close the palate at six months or younger.
Follow-up every six months of all primary school aged children with cleftpalate is recommended.
The role of cigarette smoking during pregnancy in the etiology of cleft lip with or without cleftpalate.
Early speech production of children with cleftpalate.
The early treatment of cleftpalate conditions.
The number of children born with the conditions hare lip or cleftpalate has tripled.
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