Definitions for oval window
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
o′val win′dow(n.)
an oval opening in the wall between the middle and inner ear against which the base of the stapes vibrates during sound transmission.
Category: Anatomy
Origin of oval window:
1675–85
Princeton's WordNet
fenestra ovalis, fenestra vestibuli, oval window, fenestra of the vestibule(noun)
fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it
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