FENESTRATION - Definition

Pronunciation:		`feni'streyshun
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis [n] the arrangement of windows in a building

	See Also:	arrangement, operation, placement, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Fen`es*tra"tion\, n. 1. (Arch.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions. 2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.