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Fontanel

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Noun

HYPHEN

fon=ta=nel

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Fontanel has 1 sense

fontanel(n = noun.body) fontanelle, soft spot - any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus;

is a part of child's body, braincase, brainpan, cranium

is a kind of opening, orifice, porta

has particulars: anterior fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Fontanel, n. [F. fontanelle, prop., a little fountain, fr. fontaine fountain. See Fountain.].

An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body. Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation. [1913 Webster]
" In the human fetus there are six fontanels, of which the anterior, or bregmatic, situated at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures, is much the largest, and remains open a considerable time after birth." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Fontanel, US var. of FONTANELLE.

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ROGET THESAURUS

Fontanel

Opening

N opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.