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Fontanelle

noun

Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus. Synonyms: fontanel, soft spot.

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"Fontanelle" Quotes from Famous Books

... the road to Rouen from Caudebec and scarcely two miles away, is St Wandrille, situated in a charming hollow watered by the Fontanelle, a humble tributary of the great river. In those beautiful surroundings stand the ruins of the abbey church, almost entirely dating from the thirteenth century. Much destruction was done during the Revolution, but there ...

— Normandy, Complete - The Scenery & Romance Of Its Ancient Towns • Gordon Home

Words linked to "Fontanelle" : orifice, opening, sphenoid fontanel, cranium, child's body, brainpan, braincase, porta, sphenoidal fontanel