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fenestration (n.)

1870 in the anatomical sense, noun of action from Latin fenestrare, from fenestra "window, opening for light," a word perhaps from Etruscan (see defenestration). Meaning "arrangement of windows" as a design element in architecture is from 1846. Related: Fenestrated.

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Definitions of fenestration from WordNet

fenestration (n.)
the arrangement of windows in a building;
fenestration (n.)
surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis;
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