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71cleft palate prosthesis — a prosthetic device, such as an obturator, used to correct cleft palate. See also speech aid p., and artificial palate, under palate …
72cleft palate — n. a cleft from front to back along the middle of the palate, or roof, of the mouth, caused by the failure of the two parts of the palate to join in prenatal development …
73cleft palate — noun a congenital fissure of the hard palate • Hypernyms: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality * * * noun, pl ⋯ ates [count] medical : a split in the roof of the mouth that some… …
74Soft palate — Soft Soft (s[o^]ft; 115), a. [Compar. {Softer} (s[o^]ft [ e]r); superl. {Softest}.] [OE. softe, AS. s[=o]fte, properly adv. of s[=e]fte, adj.; akin to OS. s[=a]fto, adv., D. zacht, OHG. samfto, adv., semfti, adj., G. sanft, LG. sacht; of… …
75Harpur Palate — is a leading American literary magazine, based at the Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York. It publishes fiction, essays and poetry twice each year. [New Journal Already Old Tradition, Binghamton New York News, May 1, 2007.] Past… …
76secondary palate — in embryonic development, the part of the palate that forms later than the primary palate, by fusion of the lateral palatine processes; it represents most of the adult hard and soft palates …
77cleft palate — a fissure in the midline of the palate due to failure of the two sides to fuse in embryonic development. Only part of the palate may be affected, or the cleft may extend the full length with bilateral clefts at the front of the maxilla; it may be …
78cleft palate — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cleft palate : singular cleft palate plural cleft palates a medical condition in which there is a narrow space inside someone s mouth at the top, so that it is difficult for them to speak clearly …
79hard palate — ► NOUN ▪ the bony front part of the palate …
80hard palate — noun Date: circa 1847 the bony anterior part of the palate forming the roof of the mouth …
