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noun

Commissure n.

A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.

(Anat. & Zool.)

(a)

The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.

(b)

A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.

(Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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