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cheilognathopalatoschisis

cheilognathopalatoschisis

 [ki″lo-na″tho-pal″ah-tos´kĭ-sis]
cleft of the lip, upper jaw, and hard and soft palates.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

chei·lo·gnath·o·u·ra·nos·chi·sis

(kī-lōg-nath'ō-yū-ră-nos'ki-sis), In the diphthong gn, the g is silent only at the beginning of a word.
Cleft lip, alveolar ridge and palate.
[cheilo- + G. gnathos, jaw, + ouranos, sky (roof of mouth), + schisis, cleft]
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