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fontanel - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Med.), obsolete An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.noun (Anat.) One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation.
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noun fontanelle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English fontinel , from Old French fontanele , diminutive of fontaine , fountain; see fountain.]
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Examples
FEIGIN: You have a spot called the fontanel but the thickness of the skull is minimal and it ` s easily fractured with not a whole lot of force.
CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2009 2009
The fontanel is the soft spot on the top of a newborn baby's head.
Chapter 8 1993
A roofline so soft and round it practically has a fontanel ; huge and slightly unfocused headlamps; a grille that seems to be missing a binkie.
For the Cheerleader in Everyone Dan Neil 2011
Being so frightfully concerned for her, I refused to touch the soft fontanel at the top of her head for any reason.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
Being so frightfully concerned for her, I refused to touch the soft fontanel at the top of her head for any reason.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
The larger fontanel usually closes by eighteen months after the birth; the smaller one closes by two to six months.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
A large, diamond-shaped fontanel is on the top front portion of her skull, and a smaller, triangle-shaped one is at the back.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
When a child is born, that part of the skull—the fontanel —is still soft and not yet closed.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
The larger fontanel usually closes by eighteen months after the birth; the smaller one closes by two to six months.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
A large, diamond-shaped fontanel is on the top front portion of her skull, and a smaller, triangle-shaped one is at the back.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
seanahan commented on the word fontanel
Also spelled fontanelle.
October 28, 2007