cleft
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The medical term for my ailment is an asymmetrical gluteal cleft, though requests to fix it are far less common than those to eliminate cellulite, flatten the tummy, or augment the breasts.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
Three-month-old Sana, the youngest baby on the ward, has malnutrition, acute diarrhoea and a cleft lip.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
She’s desperate to find a refuge for herself, “a cleft in the rock of the world” that she could hide in, as she tells him after her secrets have been exposed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
“It certainly happened to me,” said Schimberg, who has a cleft palate.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024
“He’s from Bangladesh. He has a cleft lip and palate. His parents sent him here to have surgery. He doesn’t speak any English.”
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
The timing of when DNA methylation occurs, was critical to the development of orofacial clefts.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024
Holes, slits and clefts are common, surrounded by clay inscribed with organic patterns.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
And there will be paintings — the latest from her ongoing series depicting faceless torsos and abstract clefts, bodies alone or cleaving.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
The protein is large and globular, and it doesn’t have deep pockets or clefts on its surface where a drug could slip in.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
The horses had drunk their fill of the icy cold water, and were grazing on clumps of brown grass that grew from clefts in the rock.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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