Finding
cleft mandible
cleft man·di·ble [ kleft man-duh-buhl ]
Definitions related to cleft mandible:
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Midline deficiency of the mandible and some or all overlying tissues.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(mandibular cleft) A congenital abnormality consisting of clefting in the lower face through the midline of the lip and/or mandible, which results from incomplete fusion of the embryonic mandibular prominence.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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