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Definition of Harelip
1. Noun. A congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip.
Generic synonyms: Birth Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Congenital Anomaly, Congenital Defect, Congenital Disorder
Definition of Harelip
1. n. A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare.
Definition of Harelip
1. Noun. (teratology) A congenital malformation of the upper lip, reminiscent of the mouth of a hare. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harelip
1. a deformity of the upper lip [n -S]
Medical Definition of Harelip
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Harelip
Literary usage of Harelip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"Case of harelip at one year of ape. RW MURRAY, "harelip and Cleft Palate," 1902.
a ... If the failure to close is in front harelip results, if behind cleft ..."
2. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1885)
"rare form of harelip, in which the fissure corresponds to the line of jante:
between the ... The cure of harelip cuh effected only by a properly conducted ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Surgery by John Ashhurst (1871)
"Butcher and others operai« with scissors, instead of the knife, while the use of
harelip pins basi)« abandoned by Mr. Erichsen, in favor of the simple ..."
4. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"According to Morian it commences as a lateral harelip, extends into the nares
and further up ... There is another form which likewise begins as harelip, ..."
5. The Practice of surgery by James Gregory Mumford (1914)
"harelip harelip, however, is a common deformity, and has been dealt with by ...
harelip of all varieties may be single or double, and single harelip is Fig. ..."
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