fontanelle
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Noun — A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
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Etymology
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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