fenestration

[ 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.

  1. Medicine/Medical, Surgery.

    • a perforation in a structure.

    • an operation to effect such an opening.

    • 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 of fenestration

1
1840–50; <Latin fenestrāt(us) (see fenestrated) + -ion

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fenestration

/ (ˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the arrangement and design of windows in a building

  2. a surgical operation to restore hearing by making an artificial opening into the labyrinth of the ear

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