 Definitions of commissure [ˈkɒm əˌʃʊər, -ˌʃɜr]
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1. (n.) commissure
a joint or seam where two parts meet, as in a bone.
2. commissure
a connecting bundle of nerve fibers, esp. one joining the right and left sides of the brain.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < L commissūra=commiss(us) (see commissary ) +-ūra -ure)
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1. (noun) commissure
a joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture
2. (noun) commissure
the point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc
3. (noun) commissure
a collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma
4. (noun) commissure
the line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc
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