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Fissure Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fissure? [n] (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes [n] a long narrow opening [n] a long narrow depression in a surface [v] break into fissures or fine cracks Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fissure: chap \| cleft \| crack \| crack \| cranny \| crevice \| crevice \| scissure Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fissure: abysm \| abyss \| amputate \| arachnoid \| arbor vitae \| archipallium \| arroyo \| ax \| between brain \| bisect \| box canyon \| brain stem \| breach \| break \| break open \| break up \| breakage \| broach \| burst \| bust \| butcher \| caesura \| canyon \| carve \| cavity \| cerebellar hemispheres \| cerebellum \| cerebral cortex \| cerebrospinal fluid \| cerebrum \| cessation \| chap \| chasm \| check \| chimney \| chink \| chip \| chop \| cleave \| cleft \| cleuch \| clough \| col \| come apart \| come unstuck \| convolution \| corpus callosum \| corpus striatum \| coulee \| couloir \| crack \| cranny \| crevasse \| crevice \| cut \| cut away \| cut in two \| cut off \| cut open \| cwm \| defile \| dell \| dichotomize \| diencephalon \| dike \| disintegrate \| dispart \| dissever \| ditch \| divaricate \| divide \| donga \| draw \| dura mater \| endbrain \| excavation \| excise \| exfoliate \| fall to pieces \| fault \| flaw \| flume \| fly open \| folia \| forebrain \| fornix \| fracture \| frontal lobe \| furrow \| gap \| gape \| gash \| give away \| give way \| glial cells \| globus pallidus \| gorge \| gray matter \| groove \| gulch \| gulf \| gully \| gyrus \| hack \| halve \| hew \| hiatus \| hindbrain \| hippocampus \| hole \| hypothalamus \| incise \| incision \| interim \| intermission \| interruption \| interval \| jigsaw \| joint \| kloof \| lacuna \| lance \| lay open \| leak \| lenticular nucleus \| letup \| limbic lobe \| little brain \| lobe \| lull \| mantle \| medulla oblongata \| meninges \| mesencephalon \| metencephalon \| midbrain \| moat \| myelencephalon \| neopallium \| notch \| nullah \| occipital lobe \| ope \| open \| open up \| opening \| optic chiasm \| pallium \| pare \| parietal lobe \| part \| pass \| passage \| pause \| pia mater \| pineal body \| pituitary body \| pons \| prune \| ravine \| rend \| rent \| reticular system \| rhombencephalon \| rift \| rime \| rip \| rive \| rupture \| saw \| scale \| schism \| scissor \| scissure \| seam \| separate \| sever \| slash \| slice \| slit \| slot \| snap \| snip \| splinter \| split \| spread \| spread out \| spring a leak \| spring open \| start \| subthalamus \| sunder \| suspension \| swing open \| tap \| tear \| tear open \| telencephalon \| temporal lobe \| thalamus \| throw open \| trench \| valley \| ventricle \| vermis \| void \| wadi \| white matter \| whittle See Also \| break \| chap \| chink \| crack \| crater \| crevasse \| depression \| fatigue crack \| fault \| fracture \| gap \| geological fault \| groove \| hilum \| hilus \| impression \| imprint \| opening \| rift \| shift \| slit \| split \| sulcus \| vallecula \| vent \| volcanic crater \| volcano Fissure In Webster's Dictionary \Fis"sure\, n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.] A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. {Cerebral fissures} (Anat.), the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum. {Fissure needle} (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds. --Knight. {Fissure of rolando} (Anat.), the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum. {Fissure of Sylvius} (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust. under {Brain}. {Fissure vein} (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface filled with mineral matter. --Raymond. \Fis"sure\, v. t. To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

Fissure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fissure?

[n] (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
[n] a long narrow opening
[n] a long narrow depression in a surface
[v] break into fissures or fine cracks

Fissure In Webster's Dictionary

\Fis"sure\, n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to
cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.]
A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a
cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

{Cerebral fissures} (Anat.), the furrows or clefts by which
   the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows
   first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the
   cerebrum.

{Fissure needle} (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching
   together the gaping lips of wounds. --Knight.

{Fissure of rolando} (Anat.), the furrow separating the
   frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.

{Fissure of Sylvius} (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure
   separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust.
   under {Brain}.

{Fissure vein} (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface
   filled with mineral matter. --Raymond.


\Fis"sure\, v. t.
To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

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