fontanel
2
9.2
- noun
- /ˈfɒntənɛl/
- Specialized
:
fontanela
- The doctor explained that the baby's fontanel needs to be protected until it hardens.
- anterior fontanel
Examples
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"You have to be careful of the soft spot, the fontanel."
Fiction book (1995) -
So she still has her anterior fontanel.
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See, his fontanel was very, very, very, very soft.
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"His name is the Baron St. Fontanel."
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Sunken eyes or fontanel, no tears.
Academic text (2007) -
Your mama was Deborah Fontanel Owens.
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Fontanel fucking baby-head fuck?
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And then he will sever reality and crush existence, like a thumb punctures a fontanel, giving peace to those who've been without for so long.
Fiction book (1999) -
I bared my chest and nursed Lily with my feet in the stream, sunshine illuminating the fine blond down on her skull, faithful pulse of her fontanel.
Fiction book (1999) -
Finally, the anterior and posterior fontanels, emphasized by the coiffure, refer to a key Luluwa concept: recovering the capacity for clairvoyance and double perception in order to know the past and the future, the world of the visible and invisible.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
2
6.1
A soft area on a baby's head where the skull bones have not joined
1
9.6
A soft spot on a baby's head where the skull bones are not yet joined
A soft gap at the front of a baby's skull that closes as the bones join
Soft spot near the temple on a baby's head where several skull bones meet
A soft spot on the side of a baby's head where skull bones meet
The soft spot on the side of a baby's head where several skull bones meet
Compounds
- Specialized
Soft spot near the temple on a baby's head where several skull bones meet
- Specialized
The soft spot on the side of a baby's head where several skull bones meet
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fontanel comes from the old French fontanelle, meaning 'little fountain', and from Latin fons 'spring'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine the soft spot on a baby's head showing a tiny pulse or movement like a little spring, which is why the name fits the soft, moving place on the skull.