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com⋅mis⋅sure

  [kom-uh-shoor, -shur]
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–noun
1. a joint; seam; suture.
2. Botany. the joint or face by which one carpel coheres with another.
3. Anatomy, Zoology. a connecting band of nerve fiber, esp. one joining the right and left sides of the brain or spinal cord.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < L commissūra, equiv. to commiss(us) (see commissary ) + -ūra -ure

Related forms:
com⋅mis⋅su⋅ral  [kuh-mish-er-uhl, kom-uh-shoor-uhl, -shur-] , adjective
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com·mis·sure   (kŏm'ə-shŏŏr')   
n.  

  1. A line or place at which two things are joined.

  2. Anatomy

    1. A tract of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the spinal cord or brain.

    2. The point or surface where two parts, such as the eyelids, lips, or cardiac valves, join or form a connection.

  3. Botany The surface or place along which two structures, such as carpels, are joined.


[Middle English, from Latin commissūra, from commissus, past participle of committere, to join; see commit.]
com'mis·su'ral adj.
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Main Entry: com·mis·sure
Pronunciation: 'käm-&-"shu(&)r
Function: noun
1 : a point or line of union or junction betweentwo anatomical parts (as the lips at their angles or adjacent heart valves)
2 : a connecting band of nerve tissue in the brain or spinal cord —see ANTERIOR COMMISSURE, CORPUS CALLOSUM, GRAY COMMISSURE, HABENULAR COMMISSURE,HIPPOCAMPAL COMMISSURE, POSTERIORCOMMISSURE; —compare MASSA INTERMEDIA —com·mis·su·ral /"käm-&-'shur-&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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commissure com·mis·sure (kŏm'ə-sh&oobreve;r')
n.

  1. A line or place at which two things are joined.

  2. A tract of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the spinal cord or brain.

  3. The point, angle, or surface where two parts, such as the eyelids, lips, or cardiac valves, join or connect.

com'mis·su'ral adj.

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