| cleft lip |
A congenital cleft (groove) in the upper lip, resulting from a failure of parts of the face to join up during early growth in the womb.
Ãâó: www.dva.gov.au/health/HlthStdy/validation/glossary...
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| cleft palate |
Congenital defect due to failure of parts of the face to join up during growth in the womb resulting in a groove through the palate.
Ãâó: www.dva.gov.au/health/HlthStdy/validation/glossary...
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| clearance |
Rate that waste products in the blood are removed through dialysis expressed in milliliters/minute.
Ãâó: www.kidneyoptions.com/medicalterm.html
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| cleavage |
the tendency to break along planes of weakness. It usually refers to flat, reflective surfaces in some minerals, but may also be applied to foliated meta-morphic rocks, like slate.
Ãâó: www.tc.umn.edu/~smith213/Glossary%20A%20F.htm
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| cleft |
is a gap that occurs in the lip or roof of the mouth when parts of them don't fuse together during pregnancy.
Ãâó: craniofacial.seattlechildrens.org/resources/glossa...
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