Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fontanel

1 sense of fontanel

Sense 1
fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot -- (any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus)
       => orifice, opening, porta -- (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart")