commissure

Signification (Anglais)

1. The joint between two bones.
2. A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
3. The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.

Concepts

commissure

Synonymes

commissura

joint

chance

🎲

connecter

connector

juncture

meeting

seam

suture

raphe

tie point

rhaphe

adaptor

bonding point

caulking

Traductions

comisura

Kommissur

commessura

birleşme noktası

comissura

ek yeri

giuntura

comissura

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin commissura (“a joining or connecting together”), from commissus (passive perfect participle of committo (“I join, I connect”)) + -ura.