Rathke's cleft
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Martin Rathke.
Noun
[edit]Rathke's cleft (plural Rathke's clefts)
- (embryogenesis) A cleft between the pars distalis and pars intermedia in certain organisms, where the proliferating anterior wall does not fully occupy Rathke's pouch.