fenestra

3 definitions found

fenestra - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fenestra \Fe*nes"tra\, n.; pl. Fenestr[ae]. [L., a window.]
     (Anat.)
     A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by
     membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.
     [1913 Webster]

fenestra - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fenestra
      n 1: a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in
           the bone between the middle and inner ear)

fenestra - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "fenestra":
     aperture, broaching, cavity, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, crack,
     disclosure, fistula, fontanel, foramen, gap, gape, gat, gulf,
     hiatus, hole, hollow, inlet, interval, lacuna, laying open, leak,
     opening, opening up, orifice, outlet, passageway, pore, slot,
     space, split, stoma, throwing open, uncorking, unstopping, yawn