fissure








noun

  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.

verb (used with object), fis·sured, fis·sur·ing.

  1. to make fissures in; cleave; split.

verb (used without object), fis·sured, fis·sur·ing.

  1. to open in fissures; become split.

noun

  1. any long narrow cleft or crack, esp in a rock
  2. a weakness or flaw indicating impending disruption or discordfissures in a decaying empire
  3. anatomy a narrow split or groove that divides an organ such as the brain, lung, or liver into lobesSee also sulcus
  4. a small unnatural crack in the skin or mucous membrane, as between the toes or at the anus
  5. a minute crack in the surface of a tooth, caused by imperfect joining of enamel during development

verb

  1. to crack or split apart
n.

c.1400, from Old French fissure (13c.) and directly from Latin fissura “a cleft,” from root of findere “to split, cleave,” from PIE *bhi-n-d-, from root *bheid- “to split” (cf. Sanskrit bhinadmi “I cleave,” Old High German bizzan “to bite,” Old English bita “a piece bitten off, morsel,” Old Norse beita “to hunt with dogs,” beita “pasture, food”).

n.

  1. A deep furrow, cleft, or slit.
  2. A developmental break or fault in the enamel of a tooth.

  1. A long, narrow crack or opening in the face of a rock. Fissures are often filled with minerals of a different type from those in the surrounding rock.
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