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Definition of Round window

1. Noun. Fenestra leading into the cochlea.

Medical Definition of Round window

1. Fenestra of the cochlea; an opening in the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the cochlea. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Round Window

Literary usage of Round window

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"A successful operation on the round window. The operation was performed on a woman forty-one years old, suffering from progressive deafness, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"It has not bco satisfactorily made out to what extent, if any, vibrations may be communicated to the fluid in the labyrinth by ti» round window. ..."

3. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1914)
"Changes in the round window.—As the round window is hidden in the recess at the posterior margin of the promontory, pathological changes cannot be observed ..."

4. Freehand Perspective and Sketching: Principles and Methods of Expression in by Dora Miriam Norton (1908)
"Having drawn the straight-line part of the exercise, the round window is next to be consid- V; ered. This is actually a cylindrical opening in the wall. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"It is doubtful whether any vibrations are communicated to the fluid in the labyrinth by the round window. Vibrations which cause hearing are communicated by ..."

6. Archives of Otology (1905)
"Autopsy performed after from two to five weeks showed that the cement had remained firm and that the round window had been completely closed. ..."

7. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Alexander John Ellis (1885)
"When the stirrup i« driven against the oval window, the whole mass of fluid in the labyrinth is necessarily driven against the round window, as the only ..."

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