See Also: PROROGATION(law)
prorogation(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
fenestra(dictionary)
Fenestra(medicine)
fenestra nov-ovalis(medicine)
fenestra of the cochlea(medicine)
fenestra ovalis(medicine)
fenestra of the vestibule(medicine)
fenestra rotunda(medicine)

fenestra of the cochlea (medicine) and prorogation (iou)


fenestra of the cochlea (medicine)


fenestra of the cochlea -->
fenestra cochleae


An opening on the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the cochlea, closed in life by the secondary tympanic membrane.

Synonym: cochlear window, fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round window.


prorogation (iou)



prorogation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin prorogatio(n-), formed as PROROGATE: see -ATION.]
The action of lengthening something in duration; extension of time; protraction, esp. of judicial proceedings. Now rare or obsolete exc. Scots Law. LME.
The action of proroguing a legislative or Other assembly, esp. Parliament; an instance of this. L15.
b. transf. The time during which a legislative or Other assembly, esp. Parliament, stands prorogued; the interval between successive sessions of such an assembly. M16.
The action of deferring to a later time; postponement. rare. L15-E18.
a. gen. Extension. rare. Only in E17.
b. Scots Law. The extension of the jurisdiction of a judge or court by consent of the parties to a cause which would otherwise be outside the judge's or court's jurisdiction. M19.