fissure

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See also: fissuré

English

A fissure in the ground.

Etymology

From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) +‎ -tūra (nominal suffix).

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Noun

fissure (plural fissures)

  1. A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
    Hyponym: microfissure
    • 1960 April, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak—Derby to Manchester: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 224:
      After Miller's Dale Junction, the main Derby-Manchester line crosses the Wye for the last time and turns north-west up Great Rocks Dale, a natural fissure several miles long.
  2. (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ; a sulcus.
    Hyponyms: anal fissure, anterior median fissure, longitudinal fissure, orbital fissure, palpebral fissure, Rolandic fissure, sylvian fissure
  3. (anatomy) A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
  4. A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
    Synonym: schism

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Verb

fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)

  1. To split, forming fissures.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin fissūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

fissure f (plural fissures)

  1. fissure
    Synonym: fente

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Descendants

  • → Persian: فیسور (fisur)
  • → Romanian: fisură

See also

Verb

fissure

  1. inflection of fissurer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Latin

Participle

fissūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of fissūrus

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

fissure (Late Middle English, rare)

  1. (anatomy) fissure, rupture
  2. (surgery) incision

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Portuguese

Verb

fissure

  1. inflection of fissurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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