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cleft palates

cleft palates is the plural of cleft palate.

Meaning of cleft palate

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.

Questions about cleft palates

What is cleft palates the plural of?
Cleft palates is the plural of cleft palate.

Words near cleft palates in the dictionary

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

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