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fenestration


Definition of fenestration

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1 Architecture the arrangement of windows in a building.
  • 2 Botany & Zoology the condition of being fenestrate.
  • 3 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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