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1. sphenoid_fontanelle
noun. 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; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified.
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2. fontanelle
noun. any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus.
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- fontanelle (English)
- fontenelle (Old French (842-ca. 1400))