Medical Definition of Azygos fissure

1. The four-layered pleural fold that separates the lobus azygos from the rest of the right upper lobe of the lung, seen as an oblique line pointing downward toward the mediastinal shadow in the upper right lung field on a chest radiograph. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Azygos Fissure

azurites
azurn
azurophil
azurophil granule
azurophilia
azurophilic
azury
azygies
azygoesophageal recess
azygogram
azygography
azygos
azygos continuation of interrupted ivc
azygos fissure (current term)
azygos lobe of lung
azygos vein
azygos vein principle
azygoses
azygous
azygous vein
azygy
azylene
azylenes
azym
azyme
azymes
azymia

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