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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A congenital deformity characterized by a vertical cleft or pair of clefts in the upper lip, with or without involvement of the palate.

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  • noun teratology harelip

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  • noun a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip

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