English Explanatory Dictionary

commissure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The joint between two bones.
  2. A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
  3. The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commissure.wav /ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/

Word forms

commissure commissures

Etymology

From Latin commissura (“a joining or connecting together”), from commissus (passive perfect participle of committo (“to join, to connect”)) + -ura.

Derived words

anterior commissure commissural commissureless commissuroplasty commissurotomy gray commissure medicommissure postcommissure precommissure
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