COMMISSURE


Meaning of COMMISSURE in English

— commissural /keuh mish"euhr euhl, kom'euh shoor"euhl, -sherr"-/ , adj.

/kom"euh shoor', -sherr'/ , n.

1. a joint; seam; suture.

2. Bot. the joint or face by which one carpel coheres with another.

3. Anat. , Zool. a connecting band of nerve fiber, esp. one joining the right and left sides of the brain or spinal cord.

[ 1375-1425; late ME ( commissura, equiv. to commiss ( us ) (see COMMISSARY) + -ura -URE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .