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FENESTRA
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Irregular inflected form: fenestrae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fenestra" is a kind of...):
opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)
Domain category:
otology (the branch of medicine concerned with the ear)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fenestra"):
fenestra of the vestibule; fenestra ovalis; fenestra vestibuli; oval window (fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it)
fenestra cochleae; fenestra of the cochlea; fenestra rotunda; round window (fenestra leading into the cochlea)
Holonyms ("fenestra" is a part of...):
ear (the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium)
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