Fenestration

The word fenestration finds its root in the Latin word for window, fenestra.

Architecture

Products that fill openings in a building envelope, such as windows, doors, skylights, curtain walls, etc., designed to permit the passage of air, light, vehicles, or people. See also National Fenestration Rating Council.
With reference to people, the word defenestration refers to being thrown from a window or falling out of a window.

Medicine
An opening, occurring naturally or created surgically, as through a membrane.
A surgical procedure by which an opening is created between the inner ear and tympanum to replace fenestrae.
Anatomic fenestrations, in sinusoid vessels

Podcasting
The MyMac Magazine podcast at [http://www.mymac.com MyMac.com] formerly contained a regular segment by David Cohen entitled Fenestration, which discussed aspects of using Apple Macintosh computers in a world dominated by PCs running Microsoft Windows. Since May 2008, the segment has been turned into a written column on the MyMac site, with original content still provided by Cohen.

Botany
Fenestration (plant)