Other Definitions fissure (enc)
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Fissure| Noun | 1. | fissure - a long narrow depression in a surfaceimprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" | | | 2. | fissure - a long narrow openingchap - a crack in a lip caused usually by cold chink - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall geological fault, fault, fracture, break, shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault" opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" rift - a narrow fissure in rock split - a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" volcano, vent - a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt | | | 3. | fissure - (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobesvallecula, groove - (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part sulcus - (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain hilum, hilus - (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" | | | Verb | 1. | fissure - break into fissures or fine crackscrack - cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" | |
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