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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fontanelle /ˌfɒntəˈnɛl/ (US fontanel)

▶noun a soft area between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus, where the sutures are not yet fully formed.

– origin C16: from Fr., from mod. L. fontanella, from an OFr. dimin. of fontaine (see fountain).

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