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commissure |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Commissure \Com*mis"sure\ (? or ?; 134-6), n. [L. commissura a joining together: cf F. commissure. See {Commit}.] 1. A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture. 2. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) a The point of union between two parts as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc b A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma. 3. (Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc
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