The phrase "a cleft of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical or metaphorical split or opening, often in a geographical or anatomical context.
Example: "The hikers carefully navigated through a cleft of rock that separated the two peaks."
Alternatives: "a fissure of" or "a split in".
I sat a considerate distance away in a cleft of granite outcropping.
But bear in mind Don't get caught out on the moor in bad weather or you might be looking for a cleft of your own to hide in.
If a cleft of the lip coexists with a cleft palate, the palate surgery is usually performed separate from and later than the lip surgery.
Why it's special According to a famous (but unsubstantiated) story, the Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady, a preacher in the nearby village of Blagdon, was inspired to write Rock of Ages in 1763, while sheltering from a storm in a cleft of rock in Burrington Combe.
About 30%% of prenatal diagnoses of isolated primary cleft palate or associated with a cleft of secondary palate will be corrected in postnatal.
The observed SWI/SNF nucleosome binding mode is highly distinct from the prevailing model in which nucleosomes are either bound in a cleft of SWI/SNF (Dechassa et al., 2008) or are caged by RSC (Chaban et al., 2008).
All four models produced a similar structure of a beta-propeller cylinder repeat with a cleft composed of basic residues typical of WD40 domains (Figure 1).
Three patients have been treated: first, two hypoplasias of the premaxillary, sequelae of a cleft palate and of a former traumatic loss of teeth; secondly one premaxillary defect following a gunshot wound.
Traditionally individual TT jSR contact domains were analysed by EM near sarcomeric Z-discs, where they happen to be frequently visualized as membrane cross-sections of a TT contacting a jSR domain through a dyadic cleft of ∼15 nm width.
The 18th case (a small cleft of 1 clock hour) had failed an attempt at closure using argon laser photocoagulation prior to referral.
Approximately 90%% of fetuses with a complete cleft of the primary palate will also have a complete cleft of the secondary palate [9].
