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Fenestration: (1) The presence of openings or fenestrae in a part. (2) Making openings in a dressing to allow inspection of the parts. (3) In dentistry, a surgical perforation of the mucoperiosteum and alveolar process to expose the root tip of a tooth to permit drainage of tissue exudate. (4) An operation to create an opening in the horizontal semicircular canal to improve hearing in otosclerosis.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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