lateral fissure

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noun Anatomy.

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

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Also called fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure.

Words nearby lateral fissure

lateral cord of brachial plexus, lateral cuneiform bone, lateral cutaneous nerve of calf, lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm, lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh, lateral fissure, lateral fold, lateral funiculus, lateral geniculate body, lateral hemianopsia, lateral hermaphroditism

How to use lateral fissure in a sentence

But both sides of this American fissure create a life lived less than fully.
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In fact, the communion conundrum highlights the first visible fissure in the church of Francis.
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Over the next eight years, the rupture would fissure across every state and territory in the Union.
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Lateral Squats - For this variation, you step to the side as your do your squats.
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U.S. policy stipulates that military coups trigger an automatic cutoff of bi-lateral military assistance.
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The height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
While a person has the natural right also to the lateral support of his land, yet he cannot use it to the injury of another.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The owner of land adjoining a highway has no right to the lateral support of the soil of the street.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
This prevents the lowest ring from settling while those above remain in position, which would cause an ugly fissure.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Sometimes these traps were weirs or by-washes, made of long lateral tanks of wicker-work.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete|Gilbert Parker