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fissure

fis·sure

UK/ˈfɪʃ.ə/ US/ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/ uncommon
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

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

verb

1.

break into fissures or fine cracks

Origin

From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).

Phrases

  • fissure needle
  • fissure vein
  • fissure vent
  • inferior orbital fissure
  • pterygomaxillary fissure
  • superior orbital fissure
  • Sylvian fissure

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