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cleft palate

cleft palate noun: an abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.

Noun

cleft palate (plural cleft palates)

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

cleft palate meaning in Tamil

cleft palate in Tamil

பிளந்த மேல் அண்ணம், மரபு வழிக் குறைபாடு, பிளந்தவண்ணம், பிளப்பண்ணம், பிளந்த மேலண்ணம், மேல்வாயில் பிளவு அல்லது ஓட்டை

Forms of cleft palate

pluralcleft palates

Questions about cleft palate

What does cleft palate mean?
Cleft palate means an abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.
What is cleft palate in Tamil?
Cleft palate in Tamil is பிளந்த மேல் அண்ணம், மரபு வழிக் குறைபாடு, பிளந்தவண்ணம். See Cleft palate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cleft palate?
Cleft palate is a noun.
What is the plural of cleft palate?
The plural of cleft palate is cleft palates.

Words near cleft palate in the dictionary

  1. cleft grafting
  2. cleft habitus
  3. cleft lip
  4. cleft lips
  5. cleft of Venus
  6. cleft palate
  7. cleft palates
  8. cleft sentence
  9. cleft sentences
  10. cleft stick
  11. cleft sticks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cleft palate (page history and authors); cleft palate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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