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Definition of Fissure

1. Verb. Break into fissures or fine cracks.

2. Noun. A long narrow depression in a surface.

3. Noun. A long narrow opening.

4. Noun. (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes.

Definition of Fissure

1. n. A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

2. v. t. To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

Definition of Fissure

1. Noun. a crack or opening, as in a rock ¹

2. Verb. To split forming fissures. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fissure

1. to split [v -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] - See also: split

Medical Definition of Fissure

1. Any cleft or groove, normal or otherwise, especially a deep fold in the cerebral cortex which involves the entire thickness of the brain wall. Origin: L. Fissura This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fissure

fissura pterygoidea fissura pterygomaxillaris fissura pterygopalatina fissura secunda cerebelli fissura sphenopetrosa fissura transversa cerebelli fissura transversa cerebri fissura tympanomastoidea fissura tympanosquamosa fissurae cerebelli

fissural fissural cyst fissuration fissurations fissure (current term) fissure bur fissure caries fissure for ligamentum teres fissure in ano fissure of Rolando

fissure of Sylvius fissure of ligamentum venosum fissure of round ligament of liver fissure of venous ligament fissure sealant fissure sign fissured fissured fracture

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