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emplastic (iou) and palate, cleft (medicine)


emplastic (iou)



emplastic adjective & noun.LME.
[Late Latin emplasticus from Greek emplastikos, from emplastron PLASTER noun: see -IC.]
A. adjective. Suitable for use as a plaster; adhesive, glutinous. Also, that stops the pores. LME-M18.
b. noun. An adhesive or glutinous substance. M17-M18.

palate, cleft (medicine)


palate, cleft


An opening in the roof of the mouth, due to a failure of the palatal shelves to come fully together from either side of the mouth and fuse during embryonic development.