cleft palate

English

Noun

cleft palate (plural cleft palates)

1. (teratology) An abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.

Coordinate terms

• cleft lip

Translations

congenital opening in mouth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齶裂／腭裂 (èliè), 顎裂／颚裂 (zh) (èliè), 腭裂 (èliè), 颚裂 (zh) (èliè)

• Finnish: suulakihalkio (fi)
• Georgian: მგლის ხახა (mglis xaxa)
• German: Gaumenspalte (de) f, Wolfsrachen m (dated)
• Hungarian: farkastorok (hu), szájpadhasadék
• Maori: ngutu riwha
• Spanish: paladar hendido m, labio leporino m
• Swedish: gomspalt c