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Gap in a baby's skull
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fontanelle
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also fontanel , 1540s, "hollow between two muscles," from French fontanelle (16c.), from Old French fontenele "small source, fountain, spring; fontanelle," diminutive of fontaine "spring" (see fountain ), on analogy of the dent in the earth where a spring ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus [syn: fontanel , soft spot ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A fontanelle (or fontanel ) (colloquially, soft spot ) is an anatomical feature of the infant human skull comprising any of the soft membranous gaps ( sutures ) between the cranial bones that make up the calvaria of a fetus or an infant . Fontanelles allow ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (label en anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fontanelle \Fon`ta`nelle"\, n. [F.] (Anat.) Same as Fontanel , 2.
Usage examples of fontanelle.
What we shall do when we get to Fontanelle I do not know, but we shall be no worse off than other refugees, and at any rate we shall not be under shell-fire every day.
That night they slept in a cowshed, where no cows had been since the Germans passed through so many months before, and on the morning of the third day they reached the large market town which marked the junction of the little river upon which the village of Fontanelle was situated with the Aisne.
FONTANELLE The shadows were beginning to lengthen across the valley as the Ark rounded a bend in the stream and the little church spire of FONTANELLE came into view.
The next few days seemed to Pierre and Pierrette, and indeed to all the inhabitants of Fontanelle, little less than a series of miracles.
These were pleasant sounds to the people of Fontanelle, for they brought memories of peaceful and prosperous days, and the promise of more to come.
CHILDREN OF THE LEGION It must not be supposed, because things were more cheerful for the inhabitants of Fontanelle, that they had forgotten the war.
Out of their beds tumbled the sleepy people of Fontanelle, and, wrapping themselves in blankets or any garment they could snatch, they ran out of doors and gazed anxiously into the sky.
The next day Uncle Sam and Jim appeared in Fontanelle and told the story of the spies to the Doctor and Mademoiselle, and then they held a long private conference with Mother Meraut.
It was a wonderful golden time that followed, for when the children had thanked the Commandant, all the people of Fontanelle were invited to sit on the reviewing-stand and watch the regiment go through the regular drill and extra maneuvers in honor of the day, and when that was over, the guests were escorted back to the mess tent, and there they had supper with the men.
When the beautiful bright day was over and they were back again in Fontanelle, the Twins found that even this was not the end of their joy and good fortune, for Mother Meraut told them that the regiment had put in her care a sum of money to provide for their education.
And Monsieur and Madame Fontanelle looked on their daughter as they would have done on a son who had just been released from the hulks.
The incomplete closure of the skull at birth, the fontanelle, is very likely an imperfect accommodation to this recent brain evolution.
Yes, it was so, and John Fontanelle, the half-breed, could tell you about it any day -- if he were alive.
Ossification of the fontanelles in a mature infant would necessarily prevent full development of the brain.
There are cases on record in which the fontanelles have remained open until adulthood.