fenestration
English
Etymology
Latin fenestratio
Noun
fenestration (countable and uncountable; plural fenestrations)
- (architecture) The arrangement of windows and other openings in a building.
- (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
opening in the surface of an organ, surgical creation of such an opening
Related terms
- fenestrated (having windows)