'Commissure' definitions:
Definition of 'commissure'
(from WordNet)
noun
A bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
Definition of 'Commissure'
From: GCIDE
- Commissure \Com*mis"sure\ (? or ?; 134-6), n. [L. commissura a joining together: cf. F. commissure. See Commit.]
- 1. A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat. & Zool.) (a) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc. (b) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc. [1913 Webster]