cleft

fi ure, bran'chial c, see branchial. choles'terin c, an artefact caused by the di olving out of cholesterin crystals in sections of degenerated ti ue embedded in paraffin, gen'- ital c, a fi ure in the embryo from which is formed the cloaca, vis'ceral c, any cleft between two visceral arches in the embryo. mouth, due to failure of the palate bones to unite; usually a ociated with harelip, repair of c.-p., staphyloplasty, staphylorrhaphy, uranoplasty uranorrhaphy.