fissure
See also: fissuré
English
Etymology
From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃ.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/, /ˈfɪʒ.ɚ/
- Homophones: Fischer, Fisher, fisher, phisher
- Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ)
Noun
fissure (plural fissures)
- 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.
- (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
- (anatomy) A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
- A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
- Synonym: schism
Derived terms
- ape-fissure
- contrafissure, counterfissure
- fissural
- fissurate
- fissureless
- fissurelike
- fissure needle
- fissure vein
- fissure vent
- fissuriform
- fissurotomy
- inferior orbital fissure
- laryngofissure
- pterygomaxillary fissure
- superior orbital fissure
- Sylvian fissure
- thyrofissure
Translations
crack or opening
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anatomic groove
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Verb
fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)
- To split, forming fissures.
Derived terms
- fissuration
- fissured (adjective)
- fissuring (noun)
Translations
to split
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References
- “fissure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “fissure”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- fussier, surfies
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin fissura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.syʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -yʁ
Noun
fissure f (plural fissures)
- fissure
- Synonym: fente
Related terms
- fendre
See also
- ouverture
Verb
fissure
- inflection of fissurer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “fissure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Participle
fissūre
- vocative masculine singular of fissūrus
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ffissure
Etymology
From Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈsiu̯r(ə)/
Noun
fissure (Late Middle English, rare)
- (anatomy) fissure, rupture
- (surgery) incision
Descendants
- English: fissure
References
- “fissūre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Portuguese
Verb
fissure
- inflection of fissurar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative