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Definition of 'fenestration'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fenestration
the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.

2.  fenestration
an opening or perforation in an anatomical structure.

3.  fenestration
surgery to effect such an opening.

4.  fenestration
the creation of an artificial opening into the labyrinth of the ear to restore hearing loss from otosclerosis.

Etymology: (1840–50)

Definition of 'fenestration'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fenestration
the arrangement of windows in a building

2. (noun) fenestration
surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis

Definition of 'fenestration'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) fenestration
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. (noun) fenestration
the state or condition of being fenestrated

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