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fondness

[fond-nis] / ˈfɒnd nɪs /


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Under this rational treatment, discharge and ulcer act as fontanels to the system.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

Soul is breath; and when a man dies, his soul passes through the fontanels of the head, or through the eyes or the nostrils or the mouth.

From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl

In a similar way the bones of the skull become thickened, especially at the edges of the fontanels, that is, the openings in the child's head before complete ossification of the skull has taken place.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin




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