Meaning of FONTANELLE
| Pronunciation: | | `fântu'nel
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| | Definition: | | [n] any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus |
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| | Synonyms: | | fontanel, soft spot |
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| | See Also: | | anterior fontanelle, braincase, brainpan, child's body, cranium, opening, orifice, porta, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fon`ta`nelle"\, n. [F.] (Anat.)
Same as {Fontanel}, 2.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The soft spots on a baby's head where the bones of the skull have not fused together. At birth a baby has a fontanelle on both the top and back of the head. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A fontanelle is a membranous interval at the junction of sutures of the fetal and infant skulls. |
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