English Explanatory Dictionary

fenestra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.

Word forms

fenestra fenestras fenestrae fenestræ

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin fenestra. Existed in Middle English as fenestre, fenester, from Old English fenester (“window”).

Synonyms

vestibular window oval window

Related words

defenestrate fenestella fenestral fenestra ovalis fenestra rotunda fenestrated fenestration fenestrule interfenestral interfenestration intrafenestral microfenestration multifenestrated nonfenestrated subfenestral transfenestration unfenestrated
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