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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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] | ||
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