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fenestration — [ fənɛstrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1900; du lat. fenestra 1 ♦ Techn. Jour, ouverture (réelle ou simulée) percés dans une cloison, une lame pleine. 2 ♦ Méd. Création d une ouverture dans la paroi d une cavité organique (notamment l oreille). ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fenestration — (n.) 1870 in the anatomical sense, noun of action from L. fenestrare, from fenestra window, opening for light, perhaps from Etruscan. Meaning arrangement of windows is from 1846. Related: Fenestrated … Etymology dictionary
fenestration — [fen΄es trā′shən] n. [see FENESTRATED & ION] 1. the arrangement of windows and doors in a building 2. Surgery the act of perforating or making an opening, esp. into the inner ear in certain cases of otosclerosis … English World dictionary
Fenestration — The word fenestration finds its root in the Latin word for window, fenestra .;Architecture* Products that fill openings in a building envelope, such as windows, doors, skylights, curtain walls, etc., designed to permit the passage of air, light,… … Wikipedia
Fenestration — Literally, the making of a window fenestra in Latin (and fenetre in French) is a window fenestration refers to the creation of a new opening. * * * 1. The presence of openings or fenestrae in a part. 2. Making openings in a dressing to allow… … Medical dictionary
fenestration — /fen euh stray sheuhn/, n. 1. the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building. 2. Furniture. an ornamental motif having the form of a blind arcade or arch, as in medieval cabinetwork. 3. Med., Surg. a. a… … Universalium
fenestration operation — n FENESTRATION (2) … Medical dictionary
fenestration operation — noun see fenestration 3 … Useful english dictionary
fenestration — noun Date: 1846 1. the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building 2. an opening in a surface (as a wall or membrane) 3. the operation of cutting an opening in the bony labyrinth between the inner ear and tympanum to … New Collegiate Dictionary
