cleft palate

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ˌcleft ˈpalate noun [countable]  MIa split in the top of the inside of someone’s mouth, that they are born with and that makes it difficult for them to speak clearly 腭裂

Examples from the Corpus

cleft palate• Once here he will have an operation to repair a cleft palate by plastic surgeon Charles Viva.• Guang Qiu, now 21, born with a cleft palate came as a small baby.• Katya was born with a bilateral hare lip and cleft palate.

ˌcleft ˈpalate nounChineseSyllable  

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cleft palate
ˌcleft ˈpalate noun [countable]
a split in the top of the inside of someone’s mouth, that they are born with and that makes it difficult for them to speak clearly

cleft palateBrE /ˌkleft ˈpælət/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkleft ˈpælət/ 🔊 nouna condition in which sb is born with the roof of their mouth split, making them unable to speak clearly 腭裂