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Definitions for Fissure
[1] a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
[2] cleavage(def 1) .
[3] Anatomy . a natural division or groove in an organ, as in the brain.
[4] to make fissures in; cleave; split.
[5] to open in fissures; become split.
[6] any long narrow cleft or crack, esp in a rock
[7] a weakness or flaw indicating impending disruption or discord fissures in a decaying empire
[8] anatomy a narrow split or groove that divides an organ such as the brain, lung, or liver into lobes See also sulcus
[9] a small unnatural crack in the skin or mucous membrane, as between the toes or at the anus
[10] a minute crack in the surface of a tooth, caused by imperfect joining of enamel during development
[11] to crack or split apart
Words related to Fissure
crevice, cleavage, cleft, hole, crack
Words nearby Fissure
fissiparity, fissiparous, fissiped, fissirostral, fissura, fissure, fissure eruption, fissure of rolando, fissure of round ligament, fissure of sylvius, fissure of venous ligament
Origin of Fissure
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fissūra cleaving, cleft, fissure, equivalent to fiss(us ) divided (see fissi-) + -ūra -ure
Other words from Fissure
fis·su·ral , adjective
fis·sure·less , adjective
sub·fis·sure , noun
su·per·fis·sure , noun
Word origin for Fissure
C14: from medical Latin fissūra , from Latin fissus split