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      fissure
      noun
      (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
      a long narrow opening
      a long narrow depression in a surface
      verb
      break into fissures or fine cracks
      Roots
      findofiss- · Latin · to split, cleave
      Synonyms for fissure
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