Scissure

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  • noun. A split or opening in an organ or part.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A longitudinal opening in a body made by cutting; a cleft; a rent; a fissure; hence, a rupture, split, or division; a schism.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a long narrow opening
    • Word Usage
    "Platyrrhini proper, the only observation with which I am acquainted is due to Pansch, who found in the brain of a foetal Cebus Apella, in addition to the sylvian fissure and the deep calcarine fissure, only a very shallow antero-temporal fissure (scissure parallele of Gratiolet)."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gap  opening  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    break  chap  chink  crevasse  fatigue crack  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abysm  abyss  arroyo  box canyon  breach  
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