harmynthet

Swedish

Etymology

From harmynt (“harelipped”) +‎ -het (“-ness”).

Noun

harmynthet c

1. (medicine, somewhat dated) harelip

Usage notes

According to Svensk ordbok, the preferred terms nowadays are läppspalt (“cleft lip”), käkspalt (“cleft jaw”), and gomspalt (“cleft palate”).

Declension

Declension of harmynthet

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	harmynthet	harmynthets
	definite	harmyntheten	harmynthetens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• harmynthet in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• harmynthet in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH