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esplanade (iou) and oblique facial cleft (medicine)


esplanade (iou)



esplanade noun. L16.
[French from Italian spianata from fem. of Latin explanatus flattened, levelled, pa. pple of explanare: see EXPLAIN, -ADE.]
Fortification.
a. The glacis of a counterscarp. Formerly, an area of flat ground on the top of a rampart. L16.
b. A level open space separating a citadel from the town that it commands. E18.
gen. Any level open space, esp. one where the public may walk; a road along the sea front of a resort. L17.
F. Muir Virginia Water..had in its esplanade of shops a..coin-operated drycleaners.

oblique facial cleft (medicine)


oblique facial cleft -->
prosoposchisis
Congenital facial cleft from mouth to the inner canthus of the eye.

Synonym: oblique facial cleft.

Origin: prosopo-+ G. Schisis, fissure