- fontanels
- fon·ta·nel || ‚fɑntn'el /‚fɒntə'nel n. opening between the bones of an infant's skull (Anatomy)
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fontanel — /fon tn el /, n. Anat. one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull. Also, fontanelle. [1375 1425; late ME fontinel < MF fontanele little spring, dim. of fontaine FOUNTAIN] * * * or fontanelle One of six… … Universalium
Fontanel (fontanelle) — The word fontanel comes from the French fontaine for fountain. The medical term fontanel is a "soft spot" of the skull. The "soft spot" is soft precisely because the cartilage there has not yet hardened into bone between the… … Medical dictionary
Fontanel — Fon ta*nel , n. [F. fontanelle, prop., a little fountain, fr. fontaine fountain. See {Fountain}.] 1. (Med.) An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.[Obs.] Wiseman. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) One of the membranous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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