Medical Definition of Fissura

1. Synonym: fissure. 2. In neuroanatomy, a particularly deep sulcus of the surface of the brain or spinal cord. Origin: L. Fr. Findo, to cleave (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fissura

fissiparously
fissiparousness
fissipation
fissiped
fissiped mammal
fissipedal
fissipedia
fissipeds
fissirostres
fissive
fissle
fissled
fissles
fissling
fissura (current term)
fissura antitragohelicina
fissura cerebri lateralis
fissura choroidea
fissura collateralis
fissura dentata
fissura hippocampi
fissura horizontalis cerebelli
fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri
fissura ligamenti teretis
fissura ligamenti venosi
fissura longitudinalis cerebri
fissura mediana anterior medullae oblongatae
fissura mediana anterior medullae spinalis

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