fissured
simple past tense and past participle of fissure
fissured (not comparable)
Having fissures.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fis"sure, n. Etym: [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 February 2025
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
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