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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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc. [1913 Webster]
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