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fontanelle

Noun

fon=ta=nelle

WORDNET DICTIONARY

fontanelle(n = noun.body) fontanel, soft spot - any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus; Array

is a part of child's body, braincase, brainpan, cranium

is a kind of opening, orifice, porta

has particulars: anterior fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle

fontanelle, n. [F.].

Same as Fontanel, 2. [1913 Webster]

fontanelle, n. (US fontanel) a membranous space in an infant's skull at the angles of the parietal bones.

Etymology

F fontanelle f. mod.L fontanella f. OF fontenelle dimin. of fontaine fountain

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