noun
definition
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
definition
A piece made by splitting.
example
a cleft of wood
definition
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
verb
definition
To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."
Examples of cleft in a Sentence
It has steps hewn in it, and has a cleft.
A young person with a cleft may need to wear dental braces earlier than most.
The divisions of the calyx extend only about one-third the length of the corolla, whereas in the other British species of Myosotis it is deeply cleft.
A long dorsal fln, high and pointed anteriorly, runs along nearly the whole length of the back; the caudal is strong and deeply cleft.
The cleft does not always proceed the whole length of the anther-lobe at once, but often for a time it extends only partially.
The cleft sentence is one way that English can emphasize an adverbial adjunct.
Flexural psoriasis in adults affects the axillae, submammary folds and natal cleft.
Instead, there is a tiny gap called the synaptic cleft.
This is a pilonidal sinus with multiple sinus tracks on either side of natal cleft.
The binding cleft can be seen to the right.
Along the way, we saw a Little Owl roosting in a rocky cleft.
It is an ancient tract of woodland running along a deep rocky cleft.
Why are babies born with a cleft lip or cleft lip or cleft palate?
Difference electron density for a molecule of AMPPNP is observed in the kinase active site cleft.
Q. What can be done to prevent cleft lip?
Fetal abnormalities, including cleft palate, have been linked to Vitamin B6 deficiency.
The operation on the palate, if the baby has a cleft palate, usually takes place between 6 months and a year old.
Consider excess dietary vitamin A intake as a possible cause for congenital cleft palate when it occurs and review the mothers nutritional history.
Cleft palates should receive adequate doses of paracetamol and possibly oral codeine or NSAID's after twelve hours.
There are also congenital deformities, for example cleft palate where there is an absence of bone in the mouths of children.
The adult moths have a grayish forewing with an angled darker marking just inside the cleft.
Overcome the cleft above, then step left across the grassy gully to follow the front of the buttress to a terrace.
The peptide ligand binds at the highly conserved cleft formed at the interface between the two tandem BRCT subdomains.
Why are babies born with a cleft lip or cleft palate?
You note that Lily has a unilateral cleft lip and palate but is otherwise well.
The most common problem is cleft palate where the nose or lips do not form properly.
A pilonidal sinus is a small hole or tunnel in the skin, usually at the very top of the cleft between the buttocks.
The cleft can involve the soft palate alone, the hard palate alone or both.
These papillae have taste buds in the medial walls of the cleft.
He had surgery on May 3, 2001, to correct a hole in the atrium and a cleft in his mitral valve.
The catkins of the poplars differ from those of the nearly allied willows in the presence of a rudimentary perianth, of obliquely cup-shaped form, within the toothed bracteal scales; the male flowers contain from eight to thirty stamens; the fertile bear a onecelled (nearly divided) ovary, surmounted by the deeply cleft stigmas; the two-valved capsule contains several seeds, each furnished with a long tuft of silky or cotton-like hairs.
The maxillo-palatals are usually elongated and lamellar, uniting with the palatals, and, bending backward along their inner edge, leave a cleft (whence the name given to the " Suborder ") between the vomer and themselves.
This includes cleft or riven fencing, and mortised fencing using sawn rails.
Mouth-Your pediatrician will examine your baby's mouth to check for conditions such as a cleft palate or a tongue tie.
The leaves are deeply cleft in to five lobes, and are of a reddish-green, rich purple on the under side.
Vitis Megaphylla - A remarkable Chinese Vine with large cleft leaves, more like a shrubby Aralia than a Vine.
Bifid uvulas, often associated with a cleft palate, contain less muscular tissue and are therefore more floppy than single-lobed uvulas.
According to the Mayo Clinic, some conditions that can trigger snoring, such as a cleft palate, enlarged adenoids, and a narrow throat have a genetic basis.
It also helps prevent cleft lip and palate.
Surgery, followed by speech therapy, can correct physical deformities, such as cleft palate, that interfere with speech production.
Cleft palate-A congenital malformation in which there is an abnormal opening in the roof of the mouth that allows the nasal passages and the mouth to be improperly connected.
Frequently, a child with trisomy 13 has a cleft lip, a cleft palate, or both.
Structural abnormalities such as cleft lip and cleft palate can be corrected through surgery.
P., et al. "Maternal nutritional status and the risk for orofacial cleft offspring in humans."
The causes for language problems have been linked to hearing, nerve, and muscle disorders; head injury; viral diseases; mental retardation; drug abuse; and cleft lips or palate.
The baby may also have a cleft lip or cleft palate.
This causes an abnormal cleft or groove to appear on the surface of the brain, called schizencephaly (literally "split brain").
This cleft should not be confused with the normal wrinkled brain surface, nor should the name be mistaken for schizophrenia, a mental disorder.
A cleft lip and/or palate is a birth defect (congenital) of the upper part of the mouth.
A cleft lip creates an opening in the upper lip between the mouth and nose and a cleft palate occurs when the roof of the mouth has not joined completely.