commissure

[ kom-uh-shoo r, -shur ]
/ ˈkɒm əˌʃʊər, -ˌʃɜr /

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.

Origin of commissure

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin commissūra, equivalent to commiss(us) (see commissary) + -ūra -ure

OTHER WORDS FROM commissure

com·mis·su·ral [kuh-mish-er-uh l, kom-uh-shoo r-uh l, -shur-] /kəˈmɪʃ ər əl, ˌkɒm əˈʃʊər əl, -ˈʃɜr-/, adjective in·ter·com·mis·sur·al, adjective pseu·do·com·mis·su·ral, adjective

Words nearby commissure

commissioner for local administration, commissioner for oaths, commissural cell, commissural cheilitis, commissural fiber, commissure, commissure of cerebral hemispheres, commissurotomy, commit, commit to memory, commitment

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British Dictionary definitions for commissure

commissure
/ (ˈkɒmɪˌsjʊə) /

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

Derived forms of commissure

commissural (kəˈmɪsjʊrəl, ˌkɒmɪˈsjʊərəl), adjective

Word Origin for commissure

C15: from Latin commissūra a joining together, from committere commit

Medical definitions for commissure

commissure
[ kŏm′ə-shur′ ]

n.

A line or place at which two things are joined.
A tract of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the spinal cord or brain.
The point, angle, or surface where two parts, such as the eyelids, lips, or cardiac valves, join or connect.

Other words from commissure

com′mis•su′ral adj.