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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A congenital fissure in the roof of the mouth, resulting from incomplete fusion of the palate during embryonic development. It may involve only the uvula or extend through the entire palate.
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- noun teratology An abnormal condition in which the two plates of the
skull that form thehard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.
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- noun a congenital fissure of the hard palate
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