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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fenestra /fɪˈnɛstrə/

▶noun (pl. fenestrae /-triː/)

1 Anatomy & Zoology a small hole or opening in a bone, especially either of two in the middle ear (fenestra ovalis, fenestra rotunda).

2 Medicine an artificial opening, especially one made by fenestration.

3 a perforation in a forceps blade.

– origin C19: from L., lit. ‘window’.

'fenestra' also found in these Oxford entries:

defenestration - fenestella

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