fenestration

2 definitions found

fenestration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fenestration \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.
        [1913 Webster]

fenestration - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fenestration
      n 1: the arrangement of windows in a building
      2: surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea
         in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis