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PALATE
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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© Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information)
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PALATE. An anatomical term for the roof of the mouth, behind the
ALVEOLAR ridge, often described as having two parts: the
hard palate (the roof of the mouth proper) and the
soft palate (the
VELUM). The adjective
palatal is used to describe sounds made by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate. See
CONSONANT,
SPEECH.
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Cleft palate: the value of early diagnosis: cleft clinical nurse specialist at the South Thames Cleft Service Sue Butcher reveals the extent to which cleft palate goes undiagnosed in the early postnatal period and the resulting consequences.(Research)
Magazine article from: Royal College of Midwives Journal; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; In 2005, a total of 963 babies were born in England and Wales with a cleft lip and/or palate--of these, 472 had a cleft palate only. Cleft palate is not yet detectable in the antenatal period by ultrasound scanning. Out of a total of...
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Adaptation to an electropalatograph palate: acoustic, impressionistic, and perceptual data.(Research)
Magazine article from: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...typical speech wore an EPG and pseudo-EPG palate over 2 days and produced syllables, read...counted, and rated their adaptation to the palate. Consonant acoustics, listener ratings...120 min of wearing the pseudo-EPG palate. Temporal features (stop gap, frication...
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Cleft lip and cleft palate--what to know and who can help.(Healthcare)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: The Exceptional Parent; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Craniofacial defects such as cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common of all birth...newborns affected. Cleft lip and/or palate can occur as an isolated condition or...born each year with cleft lip or cleft palate to be as high as $697 million. However...
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Cleft lip and/or palate
Magazine article from: Community Practitioner; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...born in the UK has either a cleft lip and/or palate.1 Babies may have both cleft lip and palate, or either on its own. Prevalence varies...geographic origin and sex - cleft lip and palate is more common in boys, and cleft palate alone...
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Cleft lip and/or palate: clinical practice in the UK and the role of the clinical nurse specialist.(CLINICAL UPDATE)
Magazine article from: Community Practitioner; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...in the UK has either a cleft lip and/or palate. (1) Babies may have both cleft lip and palate, or either on its own. Prevalence varies...geographic origin and sex--cleft lip and palate is more common in boys, and cleft palate...
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Anaesthesia for repair of cleft lip and palate
Magazine article from: The Journal of Perioperative Practice; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common craniofacial...procedure. KEYWORDS Cleft lip & palate / Anaesthesia / Anaesthetic practitioner...surgery for a baby born with cleft lip and palate will need careful consideration and thorough...
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New Method to Fix Cleft Palate Shows Promise in Mayo Clinic Lab Study.
News Wire article from: AScribe Health News Service; 1/22/2005; 700+ words
; ...a feasible and effective method to repair cleft palate in the future. Cleft palate is a common birth defect in which a child is born...States. "Right now, nobody tries to close cleft palate with distraction osteogenesis," says Eric Moore...
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Anaesthesia for repair of cleft lip and palate.(CLINICAL FEATURE)(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Perioperative Practice; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...surgery for a baby born with cleft lip and palate will need careful consideration and thorough...by the anaesthesia team. Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common craniofacial...associated with a cleft of the lip or palate or both (Weller 2005). During foetal...
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 "SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)")
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Mount Greenwood Woman who has corrected cleft palate now wants children with disorder to know they are not alone
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 3/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...miserable with cleft palates and cleft lips...behind the cleft palate and cleft lip. I...born with a cleft palate, which was repaired...did not have cleft palates. Many superstitions...cleft lips and cleft palates want to help, Jones...before her cleft palate was successfully...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Why Joanna IS right about cleft palates; BY A SURGEON WHO HAS GIVEN HOPE TO HUNDREDS OF BABIES Good Health.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/9/2003; 700+ words
; ...UK with cleft lip and palate defects. Ms Jepson...law - because a cleft palate is not a serious handicap...born with cleft lip and palates for years, both in the...equipment. Cleft lips and palates occur when the foetus...in the lip. A cleft palate is when the tissues forming...
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Cleft Lip and Palate
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...born with cleft palates have openings in the palate, which is the...the center of the palate. Babies may have...or without cleft palates. Cleft palates...born with cleft palates. The infections...muscles of the palate do not open the...
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Cleft Palate
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...depends on how much of the palate or lip has fused together...bilateral cleft). Cleft palates and lips probably are...nose. Usually, the palate acts as a barrier and...problem. Because a cleft palate allows liquid to invade...children with cleft palates are prone to ear and...
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cleft lip and palate
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
cleft lip and palate are congenital deformities of variable...and centre of the upper lip, and the palate and the lower jaw. Any failure of fusion...extending back through the gums and the palate. Although genetic factors are implicated...
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palate
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
palate , roof of the mouth. The front part, known as the hard palate, formed by the upper maxillary bones and the palatine...mucous membrane tissue. The back portion, or soft palate, consists of muscular tissue and mucous membrane forming...
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cleft palate
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cleft palate incomplete fusion of bones of the palate. The cleft may be confined to the soft palate at the back of the mouth; it may include the hard palate, or roof of the mouth; or it may extend through the gum and lip, producing a gap in...
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