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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| cleft palate | |
| —n | |
| a congenital crack or fissure in the midline of the hard palate, often associated with a harelip | |
cleft palate n.
A congenital fissure in the roof of the mouth, resulting from incomplete fusion of the palate during embryonic development. It may involve only the uvula or extend through the entire palate. Also called palatoschisis.
| cleft palate
Incomplete closure of the palate during development of an embryo, resulting in a split along part or all of the roof of the mouth. |