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fendliche |
fenerate |
feneration |
fenes-tella |
fenestella |
fenestra
| fenestra cochleae
| fenestra of the cochlea
| fenestra of the vestibule
| fenestra ovalis
| fenestra rotunda
fenestra
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fenestra has 1 sense
- fenestra(n = noun.body) Array - a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear); Array is a kind of opening, orifice, porta
is a part of ear
has particulars: fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, fenestra vestibuli, oval window, fenestra cochleae, fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round window
CIDE DICTIONARY
fenestra, n. [L., a window.].
A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fenestra, n. (pl. fenestrae)
1 Anat. a small hole or opening in a bone etc., esp. one of two (fenestra ovalis, fenestra rotunda) in the inner ear.
2 a perforation in a surgical instrument.
3 a hole made by surgical fenestration.
1 Anat. a small hole or opening in a bone etc., esp. one of two (fenestra ovalis, fenestra rotunda) in the inner ear.
2 a perforation in a surgical instrument.
3 a hole made by surgical fenestration.
Etymology
L, = window
THESAURUS
fenestra
aperture, broaching, cavity, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, crack, disclosure, fistula, fontanel, foramen, gap, gape, gat, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, inlet, interval, lacuna, laying open, leak, opening, opening up, orifice, outlet, passageway, pore, slot, space, split, stoma, throwing open, uncorking, unstopping, yawn
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