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English
Noun
scissura
- (anatomy) A fissure; a cleft.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ʃisˈsu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: scis‧sù‧ra
Noun
scissura f (plural scissure)
- (anatomy) fissure
- split, crack
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
scissūra
- inflection of scissūrus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
scissūrā
- ablative feminine singular of scissūrus
References
- “scissura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scissura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.