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English 1 sense of the expression sphenoid fontanelle:
NOUNbodysphenoid fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanelthe 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
Englishsphenoid fontanelle: 1 sense noun 1, body
MeaningThe 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; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified.
Synonymssphenoid fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel
Broaderfontanelle, fontanel, soft spotAny membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
Spanishfontanela esfenoidal

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