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fontanel

fontanel is the alternative spelling of fontanelle.

Meaning of fontanelle

Noun

fontanelle (plural fontanelles)

  1. A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
  2. A structural component of some woodwind instruments, such as recorders and shawms, resembling a barrel with holes bored into it, designed to protect the keywork and to allow the sound to project.

Forms of fontanel

pluralfontanels

Questions about fontanel

What is fontanel the alternative spelling of?
Fontanel is the alternative spelling of fontanelle.

Words near fontanel in the dictionary

  1. Fontan
  2. Fontan procedure
  3. Fontan procedures
  4. Fontana
  5. Fontanas
  6. fontanel
  7. fontanellar
  8. fontanelle
  9. fontanelles
  10. fontanels
  11. Fontanes

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