"commissure" meaning in English

See commissure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commissure.wav 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”), {{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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 69 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 65 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 11 69 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 74 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 63 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 59 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 65 20 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 9 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anterior commissure, commissural, commissureless, commissuroplasty, commissurotomy, gray commissure, medicommissure, postcommissure, precommissure

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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