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cleft lip
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cleft lip
n.
A congenital facial deformity of the lip, usually the upper lip, due to a mesodermal deficiency or to a failure of merging in one or more of the embryologic processes that form the lip; it is frequently associated with cleft tooth socket and cleft palate. Also called cheiloschisis, harelip.
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cleft lip
Left: unilateral cleft lip
Right: bilateral cleft lip
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