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Fontanel

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Noun

1. fontanel, fontanelle, soft spot

any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Fontanel

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noun
1.  Obsolete
an opening in the body for the discharge of secretions
2. 
any of the soft, boneless areas in the skull of a baby or young animal, which are later closed up by the formation of bone

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Fontanel

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n.
Any of the soft membranous gaps between the incompletely formed cranial bones of a fetus or an infant. Also called soft spot.

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