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Meaning of FENESTRATION

Pronunciation:  `feni'streyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis
  2. [n]  the arrangement of windows in a building
 
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 See Also: arrangement, operation, placement, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fen`es*tra"tion\, n.
1. (Arch.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; --
   used by modern writers for the decorating of an
   architectural composition by means of the window (and
   door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.
2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.
 
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