FISSURES

Noun

fissures

plural of fissure

Verb

fissures

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fissure

Source: Wiktionary


FISSURE

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



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