craniotabes /ˌkɹeɪ.ni.əʊˈteɪ.biːz/ noun1 •The medical finding of a softening or thinning of the skull.The greater number of cases of acquired rickets develop in the first half year (often in the first three months), with softness of the occiput which Elsässer has well defined as craniotabes. — 1910
