Fenestra

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fenestra
       n : a small membrane-covered opening (especially one in the bone
           between the middle and inner ear)
       [also: {fenestrae} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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