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fontanelle

fon·ta·nelle

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noun

1.

any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus

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Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle, a diminutive of fontaine (“fountain, spring”) + -elle, from Late Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from font- + -ānus. By surface analysis, font + -an + -elle.

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