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fen⋅es⋅tra⋅tion

  [fen-uh-strey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
2. Furniture. an ornamental motif having the form of a blind arcade or arch, as in medieval cabinetwork.
3. Medicine/Medical, Surgery.
a. a perforation in a structure.
b. an operation to effect such an opening.
c. Also called fenestration operation, Lempert operation. the creation of an artificial opening into the labyrinth of the ear to restore hearing loss from otosclerosis.
Origin:
1840–50; < L fenestrāt(us) (see fenestrated ) + -ion
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fen·es·tra·tion   (fěn'ĭ-strā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The design and placement of windows in a building.
  2. An opening in the surface of a structure, as in a membrane.
  3. The surgical creation of an artificial opening in the bony part of the inner ear so as to improve or restore hearing.
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Fenestration

Fen`es*tra"tion\, n. 1. (Arch.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: fen·es·tra·tion
Pronunciation: "fen-&-'strA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : a natural or surgically createdopening in a surface b : the presence of such openings
2 : the operation of cutting an opening in the bony labyrinth between the inner ear and tympanum to replacenatural fenestrae that are not functional
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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fenestration fen·es·tra·tion (fěn'ĭ-strā'shən)
n.

  1. An opening in the surface of a structure, as in a membrane.
  2. The surgical creation of such an opening.
  3. The surgical creation of an artificial opening in the bony part of the inner ear to improve or restore hearing.

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