fe·nes·tra

(fə-nĕs′trə)

n. pl. fe·nes·trae (-trē′)

1. Anatomy A small anatomical opening, as in a bone.

2. An opening in a bone made by surgical fenestration.

3. Zoology A transparent spot or marking, as on the wing of a moth or butterfly.

[Latin, window.]

fe·nes′tral adj.

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Adj.	1.	fenestral - of or relating to or having a fenestra anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	2.	fenestral - of or relating to windows

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I'm standing inside Kalastajatorppa and looking out on a scene of simply breathtaking elegance: a fenestral work of art.

The Quintessential Kalastajatorppa: A Cinematic Journey into a Time and a Space

Furthermore, these microfacies are divided into sub-microfacies including fenestral mudstone and bioclastic mudstone sub-microfacies, fenestral ooidal packstone and peloidal packstone sub-microfacies.

SEDIMENTOLOGICAL STUDY AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION OF KINGRIALI FORMATION EXPOSED IN ZALUCH NALA, WESTERN SALT RANGE, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

Temporal bone CT imaging demonstrated resorptive changes along the margins of the oval window and cochlear promontory on the left with capsular sparing on the right compatible with clinically suspected fenestral otosclerosis.

Fenestral otosclerosis

Fenestral length and width are used for species identification.

IDENTIFICATION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF NINE CYST NEMATODE POPULATIONS FROM MAIN FIELD CROPS IN CHINA

For the sake of completeness, an established CT grading system was incorporated into our results and compared against corresponding density ratios, where grade 1 represents solely fenestral lesions; grade 2 represents patchy localized cochlear disease to either basal cochlear turn (grade 2A), middle/apical turns (grade 2B), or both basal and middle/apical turns (grade 2C); and grade 3 represents diffuse confluent involvement of the entire cochlea.

Otosclerosis in a nonendemic population: Utility of CT scan and correlation with audiometry and surgical outcome

The Md1 dolomites are the most abundant matrix dolomites with a wide spectrum of retentive fabrics (or texture) including mudstone to grainstone and diversified microbialites (microbial laminite, stromatolite, and thrombolite) and other subordinate fabrics (or textures) such as dissolution fabrics so that crystals vary widely in size from dolomicrites within primary grains and/or microbial framework, to medium equant crystals in intercrystalline pores of packstone to grainstone or fenestral and framework pores of microbialites (Figures 7(a)-7(d)).

Hydrothermal Dissolution of Deeply Buried Cambrian Dolomite Rocks and Porosity Generation: Integrated with Geological Studies and Reactive Transport Modeling in the Tarim Basin, China

Sors, "Endothelial fenestral diaphragms: a quick-freeze, deep-etch study," The Journal of Cell Biology, vol.

Diabetes-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species: Mechanism of Their Generation and Role in Renal Injury

Fenestral voids are filled with small crystals of granular calcite.

Oxfordian microbial laminites from La Manga Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina: remarkable nanobacteria preservation

The abundanc of micrite matrix, lack of fossils, presence of evaporate deposits and fenestral porosity indicates the facies the formed in the tidalflat environment [13].

Microfacies and sedimentary environment of the early-middle Miocene deposits (Mishan Formation) in south of Iran

The IEL is assumed to have a constant thickness with fenestral pores.

Simulation of contrast agent transport in arteries with multilayer arterial wall: impact of arterial transmural transport on the bolus delay and dispersion