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| | Definition: | | [n] corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified |
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| | See Also: | | fontanel, fontanelle, soft spot |
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The soft spot towards the front of the top of an infant's head, representing the incomplete joining of the component skull-bones and providing a clinical method of assessmentof degree of dehydration or pressure of fluid within the brain (as in meningitis). |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | This membranous interval is found at the junction of the coronal, sagittal, and frontal sutures of an infant's skull; it closes by the end of 2nd year. |
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