From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fissure \Fis"sure\, noun [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.] A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
{Cerebral fissures} (Anat.), the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum.
{Fissure needle} (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds. --Knight.
{Fissure of rolando} (Anat.), the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.
{Fissure of Sylvius} (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust. under {Brain}.
{Fissure vein} (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface filled with mineral matter. --Raymond.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fissure \Fis"sure\, verb (used with an object) To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {crevice}, {cranny}, {crack}, {chap}]
2: a long narrow opening [syn: {crack}, {cleft}, {crevice}, {scissure}]
3: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
verb
1: break into fissures or fine cracks
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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