COMMISSURE


Meaning of COMMISSURE in English

n.1 a junction, joint, or seam.

2 Anat. a the joint between two bones. b a band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc. c the line where the upper and lower lips, or eyelids, meet.

3 Bot. any of several joints etc. between different parts of a plant.

Derivatives:

commissural adj.

Etymology: ME f. L commissura junction (as COMMIT)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.