commissure

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

commissura

joint

chance

🎲

connecter

connector

juncture

meeting

seam

suture

raphe

tie point

rhaphe

adaptor

bonding point

caulking

Translations

comisura

commissure

commessura

Kommissur

comissura

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giuntura

comissura

birleşme noktası

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/

Etymology

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