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1fissure — [fish′ər] n. [ME < OFr < L fissura < fissus: see FISSION] 1. a long, narrow, deep cleft or crack 2. a dividing or breaking into parts 3. Anat. a groove between lobes or parts of an organ, as in the brain 4. Med. a break or ulceration… …
2fissure — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY Elongated fractures or cracks on the slopes of a volcano. Fissure eruptions typically produce liquid flows, but pyroclastics may also be ejected. USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS In geology, a fissure is a …
3Fissure — A cleft or groove. A fissure can be normal or abnormal. A fissure in the cerebral cortex is a normal feature. It is a deep fold that involves the entire thickness of the brain wall. A fissure in the anus is distinctly abnormal. It is a painful… …
4fissure — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin fissura, from fissus Date: 14th century 1. a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting 2. a. a natural cleft between… …
5fissure fracture — fissured fracture a crack extending from a surface into, but not through, a long bone …
6Primary fissure of cerebellum — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 187 GrayPage = 789 Caption = Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Preclival fissure labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = Schematic representation of the major anatomical subdivisions of the… …
7Anal fissure — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 673 ICD10 = ICD10|K|60|0|k|55 ICD10|K|60|2|k|55 ICD9 = ICD9|565.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001130 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3532 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|ped|2938… …
8Petrotympanic fissure — Infobox Bone Name = Petrotympanic fissure Latin = f. petrotympanica GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 140 Caption = Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Petrotympanic fissure is labeled at left, fourth from top.) Caption2 = The right membrana tympani… …
9Superior orbital fissure — Infobox Bone Name = Superior orbital fissure Latin = fissura orbitalis superior GraySubject = 201 GrayPage = 900 Caption = 1 Foramen ethmoidale, 2 Canalis opticus, 3 Fissura orbitalis superior, 4 Fossa sacci lacrimalis, 5 Sulcus infraorbitalis, 6 …
10Skin fissure — Schematic image comparing a skin fissure to an erosion and an ulcer …
