commissure

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord

Etymology

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

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