SYN: fontanelle. See cranial fontanelles, under fontanelle. [L. dim. of fons (font-), fountain, spring]
- f. anterolateralis sphenoidal fontanelle.
- fonticuli cranii SYN: cranial fontanelles, under fontanelle.
- f. mastoideus [NA] SYN: mastoid fontanelle.
- f. posterolateralis mastoid fontanelle.
- f. sphenoidalis [NA] SYN: sphenoidal fontanelle.
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fon·tic·u·lus (fon-tikґu-ləs) pl. fonticґuli [L., dim. of fons fountain] fontanelle: one of the fonticuli cranii (q.v.).Medical dictionary. 2011.