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Cartilage transplants are central to many procedures, being used to fix cleft palates, correct missing or misshapen ears, or to repair damage to someone’s larynx caused by cancer.
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Max G. Levy, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Most developmental defects happen in the first trimester of pregnancy; for example, cleft palate, a potentially debilitating birth defect, occurs sometime before week nine for reasons that scientists don’t yet understand.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Elliot’s mother had a bit of the hoarding tendencies evinced by his lead character, who grew up with a cleft palate.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
The infants had specific physical birth defects: cleft palate, unusually small heads, drooping eyelids, webbed toes and joints that weren’t fully developed.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
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Max G. Levy, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Most developmental defects happen in the first trimester of pregnancy; for example, cleft palate, a potentially debilitating birth defect, occurs sometime before week nine for reasons that scientists don’t yet understand.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Elliot’s mother had a bit of the hoarding tendencies evinced by his lead character, who grew up with a cleft palate.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
The infants had specific physical birth defects: cleft palate, unusually small heads, drooping eyelids, webbed toes and joints that weren’t fully developed.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Cleft palate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleft%20palate. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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