'Fissure' definitions:

Definition of 'fissure'

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noun
A long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap]
noun
A long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure]
noun
(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
verb
Break into fissures or fine cracks

Definition of 'Fissure'

From: GCIDE
  • Fissure \Fis"sure\, v. t. To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fissure'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fissure'

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