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Webster 1913 Edition
Commissure
Com-mis′sure
(? or ?; 134-6)
, Noun.
1.
A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.
2.
(Anat. & Zool.)
(a)
The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.
(b)
A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.
3.
(Bot.)
The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commissure
COMMISSURE
, n.1.
A joint, seam or closure; the place where two bodies or parts of a body meet and unite; an interstice or cleft between particles or parts, as between plates or lamellae.2.
In architecture, the joint of two stones, or application of the surface of one to that of another.3.
In anatomy, a suture of the cranium or skull; articulation; the corners of the lips. Also, certain parts in the ventricles of the brain, uniting the two hemispheres.