Cleft palate

/klˈɛft pˈalət/

/klˈɛft pˈælət/

[noun]

Cleft palate

[NOUN]

a congenital fissure of the hard palate

Examples

1. King Tut also had a cleft palate and a curved spine.

2. So it could be a physical thing, like cleft palate for example, where the articulaters are not fully formed.

3. There were kids with cleft palates, kids with mobility issues, feeding tubes, trachs, but they were kids, first and foremost.

4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines cleft lip and its sister condition, cleft palate, as "birth defects that occur when a baby's lip or mouth do not form properly during pregnancy."