crack; cleave; split; groove; divide, separate; be divided; be split; break open
narrow crack, narrow opening; natural cleft or groove (Anatomy)
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Fissure Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
fissure
\fis"sure\ (?), v. t. to cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
fissure
\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.
similar words(6)
rolando`s fissure
fissure of rolando
counter fissure
fissure of sylvius
oral fissure
sylvian fissure
A crack or crack-like depression
Breg = n. a rupture, a fissure
Hollt = n. a slit, a cleft, a fissure
Noun
1. a long narrow depression in a surface
(synonym) crevice, cranny, crack, chap
(hypernym) depression, impression, imprint
2. a long narrow opening
(synonym) crack, cleft, crevice, scissure
(hypernym) opening, gap
(hyponym) chap
3. (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
(hypernym) groove, vallecula
(hyponym) sulcus
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
Verb
1. break into fissures or fine cracks
(hypernym) crack
(derivation) crack, cleft, crevice, scissure
Fissure Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fissure Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth.
Fissure Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In anatomy, a fissure (Latin fissura, plural fissurae) is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear in various parts of the body.
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Fissure Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
A surface of a fracture or crack in a rock along which there is a distinct separation.
Fissure Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
Longitudinal crack through only one surface of a bone.
thresh
n. Qargh
Fissure Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
