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clo·ver·leaf skull | \ ˈklō-vər-ˌlēf- 
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\Medical Definition of cloverleaf skull
: a birth defect in which some or all of the usually separate bones of the skull have grown together resulting in a 3-lobed skull with associated deformities of the features and skeleton
— called also kleeblattschädel
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