Thesaurus: commissure

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1. n. A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.
2. n. The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.
3. n. A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.
4. n. The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.
5. n. a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
6. 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. & Zoöl.) (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.
7. The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in theparsnip, caraway, etc.
8. n. a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord