Definition of Fontanelle

1. Noun. Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus.

Exact synonyms: Fontanel, Soft Spot
Group relationships: Child's Body, Braincase, Brainpan, Cranium
Generic synonyms: Opening, Orifice, Porta
Specialized synonyms: Anterior Fontanelle, Sphenoid Fontanel, Sphenoid Fontanelle, Sphenoidal Fontanel, Sphenoidal Fontanelle

Definition of Fontanelle

1. n. Same as Fontanel, 2.

Definition of Fontanelle

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fontanelle

1. A soft spot, such as one of the membrane covered spaces (fonticuli cranii) remaining in the incompletely ossified skull of a foetus or infant. They are membranous spaces at the juncture of an infant's cranial bones that later ossify. (12 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fontanelle

fonly
fonned
fonning
fonofos
fons
Fonsecaea
font
fontal
Fontana's canal
Fontana's spaces
Fontana's stain
Fontana-Masson silver stain
fontanel
fontanel
fontanelle (current term)
fontanelle (current term)
fontanelles
fontanels
fontange
fontanges
Fontanne
Fontan operation
fontan procedure
Fontenoy
Fonteyn
fonticuli cranii
fonticulus
fonticulus anterior
fonticulus anterolateralis
fonticulus mastoideus

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