fen·es·tra·tion (f n  -str  sh n)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. |
fenestration
Noun
the arrangement of windows in a building [Latin fenestra window]
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| Noun | 1. | fenestration - the arrangement of windows in a building placement, arrangement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| 2. | fenestration - surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" otology - the branch of medicine concerned with the ear |
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