fenestra

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fenestra
    n 1: a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in
         the bone between the middle and inner ear)
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fenestra \Fe*nes"tra\, n.; pl. {Fenestr[ae]}. [L., a window.]
   (Anat.)
   A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by
   membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "fenestra":
      aperture, broaching, cavity, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, crack,
      disclosure, fistula, fontanel, foramen, gap, gape, gat, gulf,
      hiatus, hole, hollow, inlet, interval, lacuna, laying open, leak,
      opening, opening up, orifice, outlet, passageway, pore, slot,
      space, split, stoma, throwing open, uncorking, unstopping, yawn

    

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