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noun
An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: orifice, opening, porta
Narrower terms: fenestra ovalis, fenestra vestibuli, oval window, fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra rotunda, fenestra cochleae, round window, fenestra of the cochlea
History
Etymology tree Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.? Latin fenestraubor. English fenestra Unadapted borrowing from Latin fenestra. Existed in Middle English as fenestre, fenester, from Old English fenester (“window”).
