'Fenestra' definitions:
Definition of 'fenestra'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)
Definition of 'Fenestra'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'fenestra'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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