fontanel

fontanel
fon·ta·nel or fon·ta·nelle .fänt-ən-'el, 'fänt-ən-. n a membrane-covered opening in bone or between bones specif any of the spaces closed by membranous structures between the uncompleted angles of the parietal bones and the neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull

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fon·ta·nel (fon″tə-nelґ) fontanelle.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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Synonyms:
(artificially caused)


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  • 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 — or fontanelle noun Etymology: Middle English fontinelle a bodily hollow or pit, from Anglo French funtainele, diminutive of funtaine fountain Date: 1741 a membrane covered opening in bone or between bones; specifically any of the spaces closed by …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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