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fissula ante fenestram

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.

Noun

fissula ante fenestram (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Origin of fissula ante fenestram

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

Questions about fissula ante fenestram

What does fissula ante fenestram mean?
Fissula ante fenestram means 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.
What part of speech is fissula ante fenestram?
Fissula ante fenestram is a noun.

Words near fissula ante fenestram in the dictionary

  1. fissitunicate
  2. fissive
  3. fissle
  4. fissled
  5. fissling
  6. fissula ante fenestram
  7. fissural
  8. fissurate
  9. fissurated
  10. fissurates
  11. fissurating

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