fissula ante fenestram

noun

A small, connective tissue-filled cleft in the temporal bone, located just anterior to the oval window in the inner ear, that acts as a permanent, narrow pathway between the middle ear and the vestibule.

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Meanings

nounfissula ante fenestram (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA small, connective tissue-filled cleft in the temporal bone, located just anterior to the oval window in the inner ear, that acts as a permanent, narrow pathway between the middle ear and the vestibule.

Origin

  1. Latinfenestram“window”
  2. Latinante“in front of, before”
  3. Latinfissula“small cleft, slit”
  4. Englishfissula ante fenestram

From Latin fissula (“small cleft, slit”), from Latin fissum + -ula + Latin ante (“in front of, before”) + Latin fenestram (“window”), accusative of fenestra.

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