lateral fissure

American  

[lat-er-uhl fish-er] / ˈlæt ər əl ˈfɪʃ ər /

noun

Anatomy.

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

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Etymology

Origin of lateral fissure

First recorded 1800–05

Example Sentences

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 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

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