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fenestration

Syllabification: (fen·es·tra·tion)
Definition of fenestration

noun

Architecture
  • the arrangement of windows and doors on the elevations of a building.
  • Botany & Zoology the condition of being fenestrate.
  • Medicine a surgical operation in which a new opening is formed, especially in the bony labyrinth of the inner ear to treat certain types of deafness.

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