lateral fissure
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lateral fissure
First recorded 1800–05
Example Sentences
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G marks the place of a free stalagmite of ice, formed under a fissure in the roof; and each F represents a column from the roof, or from a lateral fissure in the wall.
From Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)
The water may have been only diverted by the shock and might be found again at the lower level, or in some lateral fissure.
From A Sappho of Green Springs by Harte, Bret
At other times, finding for itself some weak place in the cone, it may flow out by a lateral fissure, g.
From Geology by Geikie, James
The angular gyrus is at B. A is over the anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery, and the bifurcation of the lateral or Sylvian fissure; AC follows the horizontal limb of the lateral fissure.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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