Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Commissure \Com*mis"sure\ (? or ?; 134-6), n. [L. commissura a
joining together: cf. F. commissure. See Commit.]
1. A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or
parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or
juncture.
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2. (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.
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3. (Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two
carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
commissure
n 1: a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other
of the brain or spinal cord