# Lippenspalte in English: cleft lip – dental dictionary

> German dental term "Lippenspalte" in English: cleft lip. Category Oral surgery, with US/UK spelling, synonyms and the sources that confirm the translation.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/lippenspalte  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:26:49Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/lippenspalte.md

**Lippenspalte** = **cleft lip**

- **English (US):** cleft lip
- **Category:** Oral surgery

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D002971 · Cleft Lip / Lippenspalte): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D002971](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D002971)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Lippenspalte](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippenspalte), [en.wikipedia.org: Cleft lip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_lip), [Wikidata Q12050056](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12050056)
- IATE, EU terminology database, health domain (verification only)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.