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Cleft lip.
Other children may tease the child or use the term "harelip."
It may be helpful for parents of a child with a facial cleft to meet with his classmates and teachers to explain the history of the term harelip.
Although a facial cleft was once referred to as a harelip to reflect its similarity to the mouth of a rabbit, the term is considered insulting today.
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