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fontanelle
N บริเวณ นิ่ม ที่ ไม่มี กระดูก fontanel
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FONTANEL
n. 1. An issue for the discharge of humors from the body.
2. A vacancy in the infant cranium, between the frontal and parietal bones, and also between the parietal and occipital, at the two extremities of the sagittal suture.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FONTANEL
Fon "ta *nel `, n. Etym: [F. fontanelle, prop. , a little fountain, fr. fontaine fountain. See Fountain. ]
1. (Med. )
Defn: An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body. [Obs. ] Wiseman.
2. (Anat. )
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
FONTANELLE
Fon `ta `nelle ", n. Etym: [F.] (Anat. )
Defn: Same as Fontanel, 2.
New American Oxford Dictionary
fontanel
fon ta nel |ˌfäntnˈel ˌfɑntnˈɛl |(also fontanelle ) ▶noun a space between the bones of the skull in an infant or fetus, where ossification is not complete and the sutures not fully formed. The main one is between the frontal and parietal bones. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a hollow of the skin between muscles ): from French, from modern Latin fontanella, from an Old French diminutive of fontaine (see fountain ). The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
fontanelle
fontanelle |ˌfɒntəˈnɛl |(US fontanel ) ▶noun a space between the bones of the skull in an infant or fetus, where ossification is not complete and the sutures not fully formed. The main one is between the frontal and parietal bones. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a hollow of the skin between muscles ): from French, from modern Latin fontanella, from an Old French diminutive of fontaine (see fountain ). The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.
Duden Dictionary
Fontanelle
Fon ta nel le Substantiv, feminin Anatomie , die |Fontan e lle |französisch fontanelle, eigentlich = kleine Quelle Lücke zwischen den Knochen des Schädeldachs bei Neugeborenen
French Dictionary
fontanelle
fontanelle n. f. nom féminin Espace compris entre les os du crâne du nouveau-né.
Spanish Dictionary
fontanela
fontanela nombre femenino anat Espacio membranoso que hay en el cráneo humano y de muchos animales antes de su completa osificación :los niños nacen con fontanela .