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visceral cleft

noun Embryology.

branchial cleft.

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Origin of visceral cleft

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby visceral cleft

viscera, viscerad, visceral, visceral anesthesia, visceral arch, visceral cleft, visceral disease virus, visceral ganglion, visceralgia, visceral inversion, visceral larva migrans
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Medical definitions for visceral cleft

visceral cleft

n.

A cleft between two branchial arches in the embryo.
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