Definition of fenestra Fenestra

fe•nes•tra

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What does fenestra mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: fenestras

fenestra - a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)
  orifice, porta, opening an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"
  ear the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
  otology the branch of medicine concerned with the ear
  fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, fenestra vestibuli, oval window fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it
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  • fenestra (n.)
    A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

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