| Term Name: | cleft palate |
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| Synonyms: | cleft velum, Palatoschisis |
| Definition: | An orofacial cleft characterized by a fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion of the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate. |
| Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:674] ( DOID:674 ) |