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INCISURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does incisure mean?
• INCISURE (noun)
The noun INCISURE has 1 sense:
1. (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
Familiarity information: INCISURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) a notch or small hollow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
incisura; incisure
Hypernyms ("incisure" is a kind of...):
notch (a V-shaped indentation)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incisure"):
mandibular notch (small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone)
Derivation:
incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)
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