fenestration

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Etymology

Latin fenestratio

Noun

fenestration (countable and uncountable; plural fenestrations)

1. (architecture) The arrangement of windows and other openings in a building.
2. (surgery) An opening in the surface of an organ etc; the surgical creation of such an opening, especially one in the bony part of the inner ear made to improve hearing.

Translations

arrangement of windows etc in a building

• Finnish: aukkojen sijoittelu (fi)

opening in the surface of an organ, surgical creation of such an opening

• Bulgarian: перфорация (bg) (perforacija) f
• Finnish: fenestraatio (fi)

• Russian: фенестрация (ru) (fenestražij) f

Related terms

• fenestrated (having windows)