Medical Definition of Gill clefts

1. A bilateral series of slitlike openings into the pharynx through which water is drawn by aquatic animals; in the walls of the cleft's are the vascular gill filaments that take up oxygen from the water passing through the cleft's; sometimes loosely applied to the branchial ectodermal grooves of mammalian embryos, which are imperforate, rudimentary homologues of complete gill clefts. Synonym: gill clefts. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gill Clefts

gillnetter
gillnetters
gillnetting
gills
gilly
gillyflower
gillyflower
gillyflowers
gillying
gillyvor
gillyvors
gill arch
gill arch skeleton
gill bar
gill cleft
gill clefts (current term)
gill fungus
gill net
gill slit
Gilman
Gilmer
Gilmer wiring
Giloacchino Antonio Rossini
gilpey
gilpeys
gilpies
gilpy
gilse
gilt
gilt

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