"commissure" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commissure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: commissures [plural]
Etymology: From Latin commissura (“a joining or connecting together”), from commissus (passive perfect participle of committo (“I join, I connect”)) + -ura. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|commissura||a joining or connecting together}} Latin commissura (“a joining or connecting together”), {{m|la|committo||I join, I connect}} committo (“I join, I connect”), {{af|la|commissus|-ura|nocat=1|pos1=passive perfect participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">committo</i> (“I join, I connect”)}} commissus (passive perfect participle of committo (“I join, I connect”)) + -ura Head templates: {{en-noun}} commissure (plural commissures)
  1. (anatomy) The joint between two bones. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-commissure-en-noun-mfxfq9NW Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc. Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy
    Sense id: en-commissure-en-noun-tKXF8SgD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 70 19 Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
  3. (anatomy) The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (point where the upper and lower lips or eyelids join): lipangulo (Esperanto), buŝangulo (Esperanto), commissure [feminine] (French), comisura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-commissure-en-noun-CQwVALnt Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'point where the upper and lower lips or eyelids join': 2 7 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anterior commissure, commissural, commissuroplasty, commissurotomy, gray commissure, medicommissure, postcommissure, precommissure

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔ.mi.syʁ/ Forms: commissures [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin commissūra. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|commissūra}} Learned borrowing from Latin commissūra Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} commissure f (plural commissures)
  1. commissure Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-commissure-fr-noun-4JlO3tHv Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms with collocations

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} commissure f
  1. plural of commissura Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: commissura
    Sense id: en-commissure-it-noun-57nRIL1E Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Latin]

Forms: commissūre [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=commissūre}} commissūre
  1. vocative masculine singular of commissūrus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: commissūrus
    Sense id: en-commissure-la-verb-WgM2viJ6 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "the corner of the mouth",
          "text": "la commissure des lèvres",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "commissure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commissure",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ.mi.syʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "commissure"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "commissure f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian noun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "commissura"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of commissura"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commissura",
          "commissura#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "commissure"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commissūre",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
        "head": "commissūre"
      },
      "expansion": "commissūre",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "commissūrus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of commissūrus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commissūrus",
          "commissurus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "commissure"
}

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