Medical term:
craniotabes
craniotabes
[kra″ne-o-ta´bēz]reduction in mineralization of the skull, with abnormal softness of the bone, usually affecting the occipital and parietal bones along the lambdoidal sutures.
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cra·ni·o·ta·bes
(krā'nē-ō-tā'bēz),A disease marked by the presence of areas of thinning and softening in the bones of the skull and widening of the sutures and fontanelles. Usually of syphilitic or rachitic origin.
Synonym(s): circumscribed craniomalacia
[cranio- + L. tabes, a wasting]
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cra·ni·o·ta·bes
(krā'nē-ō-tā'bēz)A disease marked by areas of thinning and softening in the bones of the skull and widening of the sutures and fontanelles. Usually related to syphilis or rickets.
[cranio- + L. tabes, a wasting]
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cra·ni·o·ta·bes
(krā'nē-ō-tā'bēz)A disease marked by areas of thinning and softening in skull bones and widening of the sutures and fontanelles.
[cranio- + L. tabes, a wasting]
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