fissure

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈfɪʃ.ə(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/

Noun

fissure (plural fissures)

1. A crack or opening, as in a rock.
2. (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear; a sulcus.

Translations

• French: fissure
• German: Riss
• Portuguese: fissura
• Russian: тре́щина
• Spanish: grieta, fisura

Verb

fissure (fissures, present participle fissuring; past and past participle fissured)

1. To split, forming fissures.

Translations

• German: rissig werden

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