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fissure

[fish-er] / ˈfɪʃ ər /
NOUN
gap
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Fissure eruptions do not usually result in large explosions or signficicant columns of ash flying into the stratosphere, the statement said.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Gyri and Sulci on the Mesial Aspect of the Cerebral Hemisphere, r, Fissure of Rolando. r, o, Rostral sulcus. i, t, Incisura temporalis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The place of the Invention of the Sacred Cross, the Fissure in the Rock of Golgotha, the Tomb of Adam himself—are all here within a few yards' space.

From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Conard Fissure, a Pleistocene bone deposit in northern Arkansas: with descriptions of two new genera and twenty new species of mammals.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

Fissure of the anus is a common local symptom of constipation.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson




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