commissure
English
Etymology
From Latin commissura (“a joining”).
Noun
commissure (plural commissures)
- The place where two things are joined, especially the line where two parts of an anatomical structure join.
- 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14:
- ...that round about the the commissure of all our joints...
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Derived terms
Terms derived from commissure
French
Noun
commissure f (plural commissures)
Further reading
- “commissure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
commissure f
- plural of commissura
Latin
Participle
commissūre
- vocative masculine singular of commissūrus
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