craniotabes

craniotabes /cra·nio·ta·bes/ (-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 (krn--tbz)

n.

An abnormal condition of the skull bones, characterized by thin, soft areas, usually caused by syphilis or rickets.

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craniotabes

[krā′nē·ōtā′bēz]

Etymology: Gk, kranion + L, tabes, wasting

benign congenital thinness of the top and back of the skull of a newborn. The condition is common because the rate of brain growth exceeds the rate of calcification of the skull during the last month of gestation. The bones feel brittle when pressed by an examiner's fingers. Craniotabes disappears with normal nutrition and growth but may persist in infants in whom rickets develops.

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craniotabes (kra´nēōtā´bēz),

n a soft, yielding skull; shallow pitting and thinning of skull bones of infants as a result of congenital syphilis or rickets.

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craniotabes

reduction in mineralization of the skull, with abnormal softness of the bone, usually affecting the occipital and parietal bones along the lambdoidal sutures.