FISSURE

n. Fi2s'su2r. Gr., payos, pjjy/un. "L ., fi ura (from findere,to cleave). Fr.,/., sci ure, sill on, gerqure. Ger., Fi ur, Spalte, Einri , Furche. It.,fe ura. Sp., cisura, fisitra. A cleft or narrow slit, made by the parting or division of a structure or by a narrow infolding of its surface. [A, 326 (a, 21); C, 1.] Abdominal f. Lat., fi ura abdominal is. Ger., Nabelschnurbruch, Bauchfurche. A separation of the recti abdomina les above and below the umbilicus, with separation of the cutaneous edges and exposure of the peritonaeum. Actually a large umbilical hernia, [a, 34.] Acce ory f. Fr.,f. acce oire. Ger., Hilf palte. The inferior end of the canal of the cartilaginous part of the Eustachian tube. [F.] Acloccipital f. Of Wilder, a cerebral f. inconstant, but deep when present, acro the caudal part of the prsecuneus, forming an acute angle with the occipital f., and sometimes concealed within too; U2, blue; U3, lull; U4, full; U5, urn; U8, like u (German). [s. 63]