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Fontanelle


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Fontanel, 2.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eight cases of congenital dermoid cysts over the anterior fontanelle have been encountered in Chinese children at the Veterans' General Hospital, Taipei, in the past 4 years.
  • (2) On admission she was found to be a well-nourished infant with a head circumference of 56 cm, bulging anterior fontanelle and mental retardation.
  • (3) These changes comprised macrocephaly, prominent forehead, micrognathia, large fontanelle, flat nasal bridge, low-set ears, facial capillary naevi, cardiac defect and small size for gestational age.
  • (4) The authors report on 13 cases of dermoid cysts over the anterior fontanelle in Czechoslovak children.
  • (5) Four infants were seen on six separate occasions with febrile illnesses associated with a bulging anterior fontanelle and irritability.
  • (6) As for the epithelial cysts, one was localized at the para-collicular area complaining enlarged head and swollen anterior fontanelle and the other of four years was located in the fourth ventricle with headache and ataxic gait.
  • (7) Pycnodysostosis is a term introduced by Maroteaux and Lamy in 1962 to describe characteristic features such as dwarfism, separated cranial sutures, open fontanelles, hypoplasia and absence of mandibular angle, partial aplasia of the terminal phalanges of the fingers and toes, generalized condensation of bone shadow, bone fragility, and autosomal recessive inheritance.
  • (8) A 2-month-old boy with delayed growth and development, brachycephaly, large anterior fontanelle, low-set folded ears, micrognathia, aortic coarctation, floppy abdominal muscles, and pes varus, was found to have a 46,XY,del(16)(q2100q2300) de novo karyotype.
  • (9) Parietal bones shut unpaired fontanelle, but the remaining bones, under investigation, contribute to the closure of anterolateral and postero-lateral fontanelle.
  • (10) Additional findings included concave midfacial appearance, frontal bossing, delayed skeletal maturation, presence of Wormian bones in the lamboidal suture region of the skull, and strikingly large fontanelles in infancy.
  • (11) A new system has been developed for the non-invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) across the anterior fontanelle in the newborn.
  • (12) Compared with controls the older infants who ingested 30,000 RE had a 1.6% excess rate of vomiting (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.2-3.0%) and a 0.5% excess rate (95% CI: -0.1 to 1.1%) in the occurrence of bulging fontanelles.
  • (13) Increasing the force with which the meters were applied caused a linear increase in registered fontanelle pressure.
  • (14) A newly developed infant cranial model shows that accurate, reproducible, and noninvasive measurements of intracranial pressure (ICP) can be made from the anterior fontanelle when fontanelle pressure is referenced from the bony margins adjacent to the fontanelle opening.
  • (15) Brain scans were done with Tc-99m DTPA in 127 cases of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and ultrasound studies in 41 cases with open anterior fontanelles.
  • (16) Plain skull radiograph showed persistent metopic suture and frontal fontanelle, many wormian bones around coronal and lambdoid sutures.
  • (17) Thirty-nine neonates including 29 prematures had correlation studies of trans-fontanelle ultrasounds with post-mortem anatomic findings.
  • (18) All JVB catheterizations were performed with parental consent and during continuous monitoring of the intracranial (ICP) or fontanelle, as well as arterial, pressure.
  • (19) Extensive agenesis of the frontal and parietal bones, resulting in a very large fontanelle, in addition to coronal bilateral craniosynostosis was observed at necropsy.
  • (20) With this adaptor the transducer can be set and maintained at accurate depth in the fontanelle according to the pressure depth curve.

Incomplete


Definition:

  • (a.) Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
  • (a.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No effect of BSO pretreatments on the incomplete removal of crosslinks over 36 hr of observation was seen.
  • (2) Its pathogenesis, still incompletely elucidated, involves the precipitation of immune complexes in the walls of the all vessels.
  • (3) Both SAA and non-SAA enhanced ammonium excretion but only non-SAA enhanced organic anion excretion, an indicator of incomplete oxidation of organic acids.
  • (4) Perinephric abscess is a rare condition; it may be acute, but can take a chronic and atypical course as a result of incomplete treatment with antibiotics.
  • (5) The incomplete penetrance of the neoplastic phenotype and the monoclonality of lymphoid tumors suggest that tumor formation in v-fps mice requires genetic or epigenetic events in addition to expression of the P130gag-fps protein-tyrosine kinase.
  • (6) Despite study for over 100 years, sites and patterns of laryngeal calcification and ossification are understood incompletely.
  • (7) The locations of remaining tumor were the tracheal stump in patients in whom resection was incomplete.
  • (8) A case of incomplete peno-scrotal transposition, with a perineal anorectal duplication, vesico-ureteric reflux and thoracic hemivertebrae is presented.
  • (9) It is emphasized that the knowledge of the behavior and regulation of SO is incomplete and that this should be remembered when criteria for SOD are applied.
  • (10) That is cystoid macular edema is associated with incomplete PVD with vitreous contraction.
  • (11) Frequently, however, only incomplete data on confounders can be obtained from sources such as next-of-kin or co-workers.
  • (12) Patients with polyneuropathy or incomplete diagnostic evaluation were excluded.
  • (13) The expression of genes for adenine phosphoribosyltransferase and of deo operon is regulated by rho dependent attenuators with attenuation being lifted incomplete medium.
  • (14) In four of the empyemas, PCD was used successfully after incomplete or unsuccessful chest tube drainage.
  • (15) N-heterocyclic aromatics are environmentally important carcinogenic pollutants produced by incomplete combustion of organic material.
  • (16) This variation in risk remained when allowance was made for the incomplete nature of some of the reproductive histories.
  • (17) Such an explanation not only remains vague and speculative but deserves criticism also for being incomplete.
  • (18) We suggest that sick districts can be affirmed on the basis of the total amount of fluoride intake, the prevalence rates of dental fluorosis, bad incomplete teeth, milk-teeth and the mean output of urinary fluoride between 8 and 15 years of age.
  • (19) In contrast, the control traumatic cases showed an incomplete recovery and a persistent residual neurological deficit.
  • (20) The diagnosis of porphyria was overlooked in some as the symptoms may mimic those of other acute illnesses, so that incomplete or incorrect death certificates have been issued.

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