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fen·es·tra·tion (fen′es trā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the arrangement of windows and doors in a building
  2. Surgery the act of perforating or making an opening, esp. into the inner ear in certain cases of otosclerosis

Etymology: see fenestrated & -ion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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