A disease of the ear in which the movement of the stapes within the oval window becomes impeded by abnormal deposits of spongy bone, leading to a progressive loss of hearing.
Residual choleateatoma was found more frequently in the anterior epitympanum, the oval window niche, and the hypotympanum near the tubal orifice.
a circular or oval window; 17th or 18th C French architecture.
She kept her face centered in the frame of the oval window and, holding her breath in delight, watched as everything she had known receded beneath her.
An oval window frames a young monk at Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung monastery in Myanmar.