FENESTRA (fenestrae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: fenestrae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fenestra mean? 

• FENESTRA (noun)
  The noun FENESTRA has 1 sense:

1. a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)

  Familiarity information: FENESTRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FENESTRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)