2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
fenestration — [ fənɛstrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1900; du lat. fenestra 1 ♦ Techn. Jour, ouverture (réelle ou simulée) percés dans une cloison, une lame pleine. 2 ♦ Méd. Création d une ouverture dans la paroi d une cavité organique (notamment l oreille). ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
fenestration — (n.) 1870 in the anatomical sense, noun of action from L. fenestrare, from fenestra window, opening for light, perhaps from Etruscan. Meaning arrangement of windows is from 1846. Related: Fenestrated … Etymology dictionary
fenestration — [fen΄es trā′shən] n. [see FENESTRATED & ION] 1. the arrangement of windows and doors in a building 2. Surgery the act of perforating or making an opening, esp. into the inner ear in certain cases of otosclerosis … English World dictionary
Fenestration — The word fenestration finds its root in the Latin word for window, fenestra .;Architecture* Products that fill openings in a building envelope, such as windows, doors, skylights, curtain walls, etc., designed to permit the passage of air, light,… … Wikipedia
Fenestration — Literally, the making of a window fenestra in Latin (and fenetre in French) is a window fenestration refers to the creation of a new opening. * * * 1. The presence of openings or fenestrae in a part. 2. Making openings in a dressing to allow… … Medical dictionary
fenestration — /fen euh stray sheuhn/, n. 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. 3. Med., Surg. a. a… … Universalium
Fenestration — The arrangement, proportion, and design of windows in a building. *** In simplest terms, windows or glass doors. Technically fenestration is described as any transparent or translucent material plus any sash, frame, mullion or divider. This … Energy terms
fenestration operation — n FENESTRATION (2) … Medical dictionary
fenestration operation — noun see fenestration 3 … Useful english dictionary
fenestration — noun Date: 1846 1. the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building 2. an opening in a surface (as a wall or membrane) 3. the operation of cutting an opening in the bony labyrinth between the inner ear and tympanum to … New Collegiate Dictionary
