How do you use Fenestra in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like orifice or opening, plus the exact meaning.
Fenestra in a sentence
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Fenestra meaning
An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
Using Fenestra
- The main meaning on this page is: An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
- Useful related words include: orifice, opening, porta.
Context around Fenestra
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fenestra
- In this selection, "fenestra" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, temporal, lacked, latin, having, window and ovalis stand out and add context to how "fenestra" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include from latin fenestra window and and in the fenestra ovalis. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fenestra" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fenestra
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lizards have skulls with only one fenestra on each side, the lower bar of bone below the second fenestra having been lost. (22 words)
Many Germanic languages however adopted the Latin word 'fenestra' to describe a window with glass, such as standard Swedish 'fönster', or German 'Fenster'. (23 words)
It is however doubtful that all anapsids lack temporal fenestra as a primitive trait, and that all the groups traditionally seen as anapsids truly lacked fenestra. (26 words)
For example, the Portuguese word fresta is descended from Latin fenestra "window" (and is thus cognate to French fenêtre, Italian finestra, Romanian fereastră and so on), but now means "skylight" and "slit". (32 words)
This is connected indirectly with the eardrum via a mostly cartilaginous extracolumella and medially to the inner-ear spaces via a widened footplate in the fenestra ovalis. (27 words)
It is however doubtful that all anapsids lack temporal fenestra as a primitive trait, and that all the groups traditionally seen as anapsids truly lacked fenestra. (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
It is however doubtful that all anapsids lack temporal fenestra as a primitive trait, and that all the groups traditionally seen as anapsids truly lacked fenestra.
Lizards have skulls with only one fenestra on each side, the lower bar of bone below the second fenestra having been lost.
For example, the Portuguese word fresta is descended from Latin fenestra "window" (and is thus cognate to French fenêtre, Italian finestra, Romanian fereastră and so on), but now means "skylight" and "slit".
Many Germanic languages however adopted the Latin word 'fenestra' to describe a window with glass, such as standard Swedish 'fönster', or German 'Fenster'.
This is connected indirectly with the eardrum via a mostly cartilaginous extracolumella and medially to the inner-ear spaces via a widened footplate in the fenestra ovalis.