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Fenestra

Fenestra Meaning & Definition
Fenestra Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fenestra?

[n] a small membrane-covered opening (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fenestra:

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | ear | fenestra cochleae | fenestra of the cochlea | fenestra of the vestibule | fenestra ovalis | fenestra rotunda | fenestra vestibuli | opening | orifice | oval window | porta | round window

Fenestra In Webster's Dictionary

\Fe*nes"tra\, n.; pl. {Fenestr[ae]}. [L., a window.] (Anat.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

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