| NOUN | body | fontanel, fontanelle, soft spot | any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus |
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| Meaning | Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus. | |
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| Synonyms | fontanelle, soft spot | |
| Part of | child's body | The body of a human child |
| cranium, braincase, brainpan | The part of the skull that encloses the brain | |
| Narrower | anterior fontanelle | corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified |
| sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel | The irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet / meet | |
| Broader | orifice, opening, porta | An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity |
| Spanish | fontanela | |
| Catalan | fontanel·la, fontanel | |
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