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commissure
[ kom-uh-shoor, -shur ]
noun
- a joint; seam; suture.
- Botany. the joint or face by which one carpel coheres with another.
- Anatomy, Zoology. a connecting band of nerve fiber, especially one joining the right and left sides of the brain or spinal cord.
commissure
/ ˈkɒmɪˌsjʊə; kəˈmɪsjʊrəl; ˌkɒmɪˈsjʊərəl /
noun
- a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- any of various joints between parts, as between the carpels, leaf lobes, etc, of a plant
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Derived Forms
- commissural, adjective
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Other Words From
- com·mis·su·ral [k, uh, -, mish, -er-, uh, l, kom-, uh, -, shoor, -, uh, l, -, shur, -], adjective
- inter·com·missur·al adjective
- pseudo·com·missu·ral adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of commissure1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of commissure1
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Example Sentences
Owing to the presence of the commissure connecting the posterior roots, some part of a nerve is present in every section.
The lower commissure continued as the intestinal nerve is shewn in Pl.
The dorsal commissure is represented in longitudinal section in Pl.
I have not been able to prove that the commissure is continued forwards into the auditory nerve.
Very possibly they originate as a single commissure which becomes longitudinally segmented.
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