fenestratedadj.
/fɪˈnɛstreɪtɪd/ 1. Architecture. Furnished with windows.In modern dictionaries.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [adjective] > window > having windows
windowed?a1425
glazed1591
window-set1632
windowy1832
fenestrated1849
1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 183/2 Astylar and fenestrated ought..to be merely convertible terms; but as they are not [etc.].
2.
a. In scientific use: Pierced with a hole or with holes; perforated. ‘ fenestrated membrane (Anatomy): that form of the elastic tissue of the middle or contractile coat of the arteries, in which it presents a homogeneous membrane the meshes of which appear as simple perforations’ (Hoblyn, 1868).
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > opening or hole
worm-eaten1592
stomatic1835
hiant1848
fenestrated1849
stomatal1861
fenestral1865
orificial1887
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1370/1 Fenestrated membrane.
1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 156 The shells [of Polycystina] are siliceous..Their walls beautifully fenestrated with large angular or circular perforations.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 476 The coracoid..is not unfrequently fenestrated.
1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 188 Fleshy, fenestrated leaves.
b. Of a surgical instrument: having one or more fenestræ.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [adjective] > having openings
fenestrated1881
1881 Trans. Obstetr. Soc. 22 46 These forceps, fenestrated longitudinally.
1915 A. MacLennan Surg. Materials & their Uses vi. 210 (caption) Common type of clamp, with milled and fenestrated blades.
1963 Mitchell-Heggs & Drew Instruments of Surg. i. 55 Everett's pile forceps..have a pair of fenestrated, grooved blades to accommodate the tissue of the haemorrhoid or ‘pile’.
3. Entomology. Having transparent spots.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of marking or colouring > having transparent spots
fenestrated1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxii. 301 The male Locustæ have a fenestrated ocellus.
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