fenestra-, fenestr- +

(Latin: window; in anatomy, a small opening in a bone; to bring to light, to show)


adfenestratem adfenestration
To enter surreptitiously, or secretly, through a window .
autocide-defenestration
Suicide by jumping out of a window.
craniofenestria
Defective development of the calvaria (dome, roof) of the fetal skull, with areas in which no bone is formed.
defenestrate
To throw through, or out, of a window.
defenestrated
1. Thrown out of a window.
2. In computer language, the removal of Windows from a computer.
defenestration
An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
denestrated capillaries
One of the two major types of capillaries, found in the intestinal mucosa, renal glomeruli, pancreas, endocrine glands, and other tissues, and characterized by circular fenestrae or pores that penetrate the endothelium and may be closed by a very thin diaphragm.
fenestra (s), fenestrae (pl)
1. In anatomy and zoology, a small opening or perforation, as in a bone; especially, between the middle and inner ear; a window.
2. A transparent spot in an otherwise opaque surface, as in the wings of certain butterflies and moths.
3. Any opening resembling a window, as in some plaster casts, surgical drapes, or surgical instruments.
4. In architecture, a window-like opening.
fenestra choledocha
The opening into the duodenum made by the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct.
fenestra cochlea (s), fenestra cochleae (pl)
A small, rounded, recessed opening in the medial wall of the tympanic cavity, located behind and below the fenestra vestibuli, under cover of the projecting edge of the promontory and communicating with scala tympani of the cochlea from which it is separated by the secondary tympanic membrane.
fenestrate
To create one or more openings in; for example, a tissue.
fenestrated
1. In the anatomy, perforated by one or more openings; such as, tissue.
2. Made with windows or similar openings.
3. Having openings or perforations.
4. A description of a moth's wings that have transparent markings.
fenestrated sheath
A sheath (protective covering) with a window cut in the tip or lateral convexity (surface that is evenly curved outward), through which special cutting instruments can be passed.
fenestration
1. The establishment of a fistulous opening (fenestra) usually to by pass some obstruction.
2. an operation in whcih an artificial opening is made into the labyrinth of the ear.

This procedure is performed to treat deafness associated with otosclerosis.

3. A condition in which one or more abnormal communications; usually congenital, which exist between compartments of the body, as, for example between the aorta and pulmonary artery.
fenestro (s), fenestroj (pl)
A "window" in Esperanto.

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.


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