fissure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

   After Miller's Dale Junction, the main Derby-Manchester line crosses the Wye for the last time and turns north-west up Great Rocks Dale, a natural fissure several miles long.

2. 2
   noun

   (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

3. 3
   noun

   a long narrow opening

4. 4
   noun

   a long narrow depression in a surface

5. 5
   verb

   break into fissures or fine cracks

6. 6
   noun

   A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ.

7. 7
   noun

   A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.

8. 8
   noun

   A state of incompatibility or disagreement.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin fissūrader. Old French fissurebor. Middle English fissure English fissure From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).