unfenestrated
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + fenestrated.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unfenestrated (comparative more unfenestrated, superlative most unfenestrated)
- (sciences) Not perforated.
- 2010, SP Ambesh, Principles and Practice of Percutaneous Tracheostomy, page 156:
- These double cannula tubes may be fenestrated or unfenestrated with a connector that fits with 15 mm ventilator tubing.
- (rare) Without windows.
- Synonym: windowless
- Antonyms: fenestrated, windowed
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 52:
- On the engineering diagrams the Pump Room's maybe about twenty meters directly beneath the centermost courts […] – an unfenestrated oval chamber with six man-sized curved ducts radiating up and out to exit points on the grounds above.