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fis•sure



Pronunciation: (fish'ur), [key]
—n., v., -sured, -sur•ing.

—n.
1. a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
2. cleavage (def. 1).
3. Anat.a natural division or groove in an organ, as in the brain.

—v.t.
to make fissures in; cleave; split.

—v.i.
to open in fissures; become split.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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