different between fissure vs pterygopalatine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fissure, Latin fissura.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??.?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??.?/, /?f??.?/
• Homophone: fisher

Noun

fissure (plural fissures)

1. A crack or opening, as in a rock.
2. (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear; a sulcus.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)

1. To split, forming fissures.

Translations

References

• “fissure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• fussier, surfies

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin fissura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.sy?/
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

fissure f (plural fissures)

1. fissure

Synonyms

• fente

Related terms

• fendre

See also

• ouverture

Verb

fissure

1. first-person singular present indicative of fissurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fissurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fissurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fissurer
5. second-person singular imperative of fissurer

Further reading

• “fissure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Participle

fiss?re

1. vocative masculine singular of fiss?rus

Portuguese

Verb

fissure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fissurar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fissurar
3. first-person singular imperative of fissurar
4. third-person singular imperative of fissurar

English

Alternative forms

• pterygopalatin (misspelling)
• pterygopalate

Etymology

Borrowed from French ptérygo-palatin, from New Latin pterygopal?t?nus, from pterygo?d?s (“winglike”) +? pal?t?nus (“relating to the palate”); equivalent to pterygo- +? palatine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?.???.?(?)?pal.?.t??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??.??.o??pæl.??ta?n/
• Rhymes: -æl?ta?n

Adjective

pterygopalatine (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the indented area medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure leading into the sphenopalatine foramen.

Derived terms

• pterygopalatine fossa
• pterygopalatine ganglion

Translations

References

• “pterygopalatine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pte.ry.?o.pa.la??ti?.ne/, [pt??????pä??ä??t?i?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pte.ri.?o.pa.la?ti.ne/, [pt???i??p?l??t?i?n?]

Adjective

pterygopal?t?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of pterygopal?t?nus