scissure

scis·sure

S0150175 (sĭzh′ər, sĭsh′-)n. Anatomy A split or opening in an organ or part.

---

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin scissūra, from scissus, past participle of scindere, to split; see scission.]

scissure

(ˈsɪʒə; ˈsɪʃə) nrare a longitudinal cleft[C15: from Latin scissūra a rending, from Latin scindere to split]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scissure - a long narrow opening crack, crevice, fissure, cleftchap - a crack in a lip caused usually by coldchink - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wallcrevasse - a deep fissurefatigue crack - a crack in metal resulting from metal fatiguefaulting, geological fault, fracture, break, fault, shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"rift - a narrow fissure in rockslit - a narrow fissuresplit - a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"volcano, vent - a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt