fissure

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Fissure eruptions do not usually result in large explosions or signficicant columns of ash flying into the stratosphere, the statement said.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

There are many Pairs of Nerves that enter into the Orbit thro' this Fissure, viz.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Fissure in the soft palate only appears as a triangular cleft, the apex of which is above, the base being a line between the points of the bifid uvula, which are widely separated.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

Fissure or cracks of the skin caused by callus are treated in the same manner: by prolonged soaking in hot water, paring away the edges, and applying diachylon ointment or cold cream to the part.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

Fissure, fish′ūr, n. a narrow opening or chasm: a cleft, slit, or furrow: any groove or sulcus, esp. one of the furrows on the surface of the brain, as the longitudinal fissure separating the hemispheres.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various