Fissure
English Meaning
A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
- A long narrow opening; a crack or cleft.
- The process of splitting or separating; division.
- A separation into subgroups or factions; a schism.
- Anatomy A normal groove or furrow, as in the liver or brain, that divides an organ into lobes or parts.
- Medicine A break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a cracklike sore or ulcer.
- To form a crack or cleft or cause a crack or cleft in.