cleft lip
MONDO:0004747Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cleft lip yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A congenital abnormality consisting of one or more clefts (splits) in the upper lip, which may be accompanied by a cleft palate; it is the result of the failure of the embryonic parts of the lip to fuse.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004747), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (3)
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: cleft lip
- Also called
- cheiloschisiscleft lip (disease)cleft lip, unilateral, completelabium leporinum