fissure

  • 21fissure — [[t]fɪ̱ʃə(r)[/t]] fissures N COUNT A fissure is a deep crack in something, especially in rock or in the ground …

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  • 22fissure — n.f. Mastiquer une fissure, étonner, en boucher un coin …

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  • 23fissure — noun the flood was blamed on an unreported fissure in the dam Syn: opening, crevice, crack, cleft, breach, crevasse, chasm; break, fracture, fault, rift, rupture, split …

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  • 24fissure — n. & v. n. 1 an opening, usu. long and narrow, made esp. by cracking, splitting, or separation of parts. 2 Bot. & Anat. a narrow opening in an organ etc., esp. a depression between convolutions of the brain. 3 a cleavage. v.tr. & intr. split or… …

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  • 25Fissure needle — 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 …

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  • 26Fissure of rolando — 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 …

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  • 27Fissure of Sylvius — 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 …

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  • 28Fissure vein — 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 …

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  • 29FISSURE ANALE — Excoriation de la muqueuse anale, empiétant plus ou moins sur la peau, la fissure anale serait due à divers facteurs, probablement intriqués: irritation locale répétée (constipation) sur une muqueuse fragile, infection d’une crypte anale sus… …

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  • 30Fissure (disambiguation) — Fissure may refer to one of the following.*Fissure, in anatomy, a groove, natural division, deep furrow, cleft, or tear in various parts of the body. *fissure (dentistry), a break in the tooth enamel. *fissure (geology), a crack in rock… …

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