oval window

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   fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it

   Synonymsfenestra ovalisfenestra vestibulifenestra of the vestibule

   Broaderfenestra

Questions about oval window

What does oval window mean?

oval window means "fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it".

What is another word for oval window?

Close synonyms include fenestra ovalis, fenestra vestibuli, fenestra of the vestibule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oval window a common word?

oval window is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.