fontanelle
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fontanelle
(chiefly US), fontanel Anatomy any of several soft membranous gaps between the bones of the skull in a fetus or infant
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fontanelle
[fänt·ən′el] (anatomy)
A membrane-covered space between the bones of a fetal or young skull.
(invertebrate zoology)
A depression on the head of termites.
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