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nouna long narrow opening
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nouna long narrow depression in a surfacetype of:
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noun(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
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verbbreak into fissures or fine crackstype of:
Definition that contains fissure
- leak enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
- slit a narrow fissure
- volcano a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
- vent a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
- rift a narrow fissure in rock
- intrusion the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation
- titi deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
- rima a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts
- hilum (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
- fissure break into fissures or fine cracks