a cleft resulting from incomplete merging or fusion of embryonic facial processes normally uniting in the formation of the face, for example, cleft lip or cleft palate. Synonym(s): prosopoanoschisis
prosopoanoschisis
(prŏs″ō-pō″ă-nŏs′kĭ-sĭs) [Gr. prosopon, face, + ana, up, + schisis, a splitting] An oblique facial cleft, a slanting furrow extending from mouth to eye.