Commissure
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Commissure is a noun meaning (anatomy) The joint between two bones.
Meaning
(anatomy) The joint between two bones.
More Meanings
- (neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
- (anatomy) The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.
Example Sentences
...that round about the commissure of all our joints.
There is a third inner eyelid, highly developed and of beautiful mechanism: this is the nictitating membrane, or "winker" (nictito, I wink), a delicate, elastic, translucent, pearly-white fold of the conjunctiva. While the other lids move vertically and have a horizontal commissure, the winker sweeps horizontally or obliquely across the ball, from the side next the beak to the opposite.
Word Forms
- commissures
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include habenular, commissurotomy, postcommissure, medicommissure, junctura, commissuroplasty.
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