Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "fissure" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

cleft fossa fovea lacuna sulcus vallecula

Derived Terms

Sylvian fissure ape-fissure contrafissure counterfissure fissural fissurate fissuration fissure needle fissure vein fissure vent fissured fissureless fissurelike fissuriform fissuring fissurization fissurotomy fissury inferior orbital fissure laryngofissure pterygomaxillary fissure superior orbital fissure thyrofissure

Derived From

fissured

Context

anatomy

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

crack depression gap groove impression imprint opening vallecula

Type Of (IsA)

groove

Manner Of

crack

Related Terms

california crack earth earth opening opening rock sulcus

Synonym Network

crack crevice

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