submucous cleft

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submucous cleft,

n a congenital anomaly in which the midportion of the soft or hard palate lacks proper mesodermal development. Nonunion of bone and muscle tissues of the soft and hard palates and concealment by the superficial intact mucoperiosteum. Also called
occult cleft.

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