clefting

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
2. noun The formation of a cleft sentence.
3. verb present participle and gerund of cleft

Similar words

scissure fissure crack crevice divided bisulcate compound dissected orofacial cleft palate

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