Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of fissuring, or the state of being fissured.
- noun In biology, same as
fission , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
dividing oropening ; the formation of afissure . - noun The condition of having
fissures .
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Examples
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It may be, moreover, that, when the glacier is at a temperature below 32°, its motion produces extensive fissuration throughout the mass.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various
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A qualitative morphological analysis of cerebellar fissuration defects after neonatal treatment with 6-OHDA in the rat.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Samir Koirala et al. 2010
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In the brain sciences, '' 'gyrification' '' (or '' cortical folding '', '' cortical convolution '', '' fissuration '' or '' fissurization '') refers to both the process and the extent of folding of the [[cerebral cortex]] in [[mammal]] s as a consequence of brain growth during
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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| title = Abnormalities of cerebellar foliation and fissuration: classification, neurogenetics and
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In the brain sciences, gyrification (or cortical folding, cortical convolution, fissuration
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In the brain sciences, gyrification (or cortical folding, cortical convolution, fissuration
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In the brain sciences, gyrification (or cortical folding, cortical convolution, fissuration
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In the brain sciences, gyrification (or cortical folding, cortical convolution, fissuration
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In the brain sciences, gyrification (or cortical folding, cortical convolution, fissuration
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In the brain sciences, gyrification (or cortical folding, cortical convolution, fissuration
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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