| cheiloschisis | | |
| n. (state) | 1. cheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelip | a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip. |
| ~ birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder | a defect that is present at birth. |
| cleft | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. cleft | a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin). |
| ~ indentation, indenture | a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline). |
| n. (object) | 2. cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ chap | a crack in a lip caused usually by cold. |
| ~ chink | a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall. |
| ~ crevasse | a deep fissure. |
| ~ fatigue crack | a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue. |
| ~ faulting, geological fault, fracture, break, fault, shift | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" |
| ~ opening, gap | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| ~ rift | a narrow fissure in rock. |
| ~ slit | a narrow fissure. |
| ~ split | a lengthwise crack in wood.; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" |
| ~ volcano, vent | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt. |
| adj. | 3. cleft, dissected | having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib. |
| ~ compound | composed of more than one part.; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes"; "compound flower heads" |
| cleft lip | | |
| harelip | | |
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