lateral fissure

[ lat-er-uhl fish-er ]

noun

, Anatomy.

1. the fissure separating the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes of the cerebrum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lateral fissure¹

First recorded 1800–05

Example Sentences

At other times, finding for itself some weak place in the cone, it may flow out by a lateral fissure, g.

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The cilia exist at the anterior end, and extend down a lateral fissure as in Vorticella.

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The water may have been only diverted by the shock and might be found again at the lower level, or in some lateral fissure.

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Margins of the shell dentate along the lateral fissure, on each side of one valve thirteen or fourteen thin conical teeth.

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The lateral fissure of Sylvius is relatively wide and open, and this and other features suggest the brain of the anthropoid.

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