Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commissure

/ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: com-mis-sure
IPA: /ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The joint between two bones.

noun

A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.

noun

The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.

Example Sentences

"...that round about the commissure of all our joints..."
"There is a third inner eyelid, highly developed and of beautiful mechanism: this is the nictitating membrane, or "winker" (nictito, I wink), a delicate, elastic, translucent, pearly-white fold of the conjunctiva. While the other lids move vertically and have a horizontal commissure, the winker sweeps horizontally or obliquely across the ball, from the side next the beak to the opposite."

Etymology

From Latin commissura (“a joining or connecting together”), from commissus (passive perfect participle of committo (“to join, to connect”)) + -ura.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: commissura

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/
British English: /ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/

Inflected Forms

commissures (plural)

Derived Forms

commissural commissureless commissuroplasty commissurotomy medicommissure postcommissure precommissure

Phrases

anterior commissure gray commissure

Questions

How do you pronounce commissure?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/.
What does commissure mean?: The joint between two bones.
Where does commissure come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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