lateral fissure
[ lat-er-uhl fish-er ]
Origin of lateral fissure
1First recorded 1800–05
- Also called lat·er·al sul·cus [lat-er-uhl suhl-kuhs], /ˈlæt ər əl ˈsʌl kəs/, Sylvian fissure, fissure of Sylvius.
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How to use lateral fissure in a sentence
At other times, finding for itself some weak place in the cone, it may flow out by a lateral fissure, g.
Geology | James GeikieThe cilia exist at the anterior end, and extend down a lateral fissure as in Vorticella.
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope | John William GriffithThe water may have been only diverted by the shock and might be found again at the lower level, or in some lateral fissure.
A Sappho of Green Springs | Bret HarteMargins of the shell dentate along the lateral fissure, on each side of one valve thirteen or fourteen thin conical teeth.
The lateral fissure of Sylvius is relatively wide and open, and this and other features suggest the brain of the anthropoid.
Men of the Old Stone Age | Henry Fairfield Osborn
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