f omentum (fo-ment'um)

See fomentation, f. commune, f. discutiens. Syn.: liquor discutiens. A preparation of the old pharmacopeias, containing vinegar, alcohol, camphor, and honey. fo'mes, which pi., absorbs fomites. and Any porous infectious transmits substance material. [Lat, fomes, tinder.] fontanel (f on-tan-el')- A membranous interspace between the bones of the fetal skull at a point where three or four bones meet, anterior f. Syn.: bregma. The lozenge-shaped f., situated at the junction of the two parietal with the two frontal bones [B. N. A., fonticulus frontal is']. lateral f's. Ordinarily the mastoid f's; also the sphenoidal f's. mastoid f's. The f. at the point of union of the occipital, temporal, and parietal bones [B. N. A., fonticulus mas to ide us], median f's. The anterior and posterior f's. occipital f., posterior f. Syn.: small f. The triangular f. situated at the junction of the occipital with the two parietal bones sphenoidal [B. N.f. A., The fonticulus f. at the occipital is.'] junction of the parietal, temporal, sphenoid, and frontal bones [B. N. A., fonticulus sphenoidal is]. [Fr., from Lat., fons, fountain.]