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contrafissures

contrafissures is the plural of contrafissure.

Meaning of contrafissure

Noun

contrafissure (plural contrafissures)

  1. A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
    • When the professor's body was opened the next day , the cranium was very entire , having neither fissure nor contrafissure1815, James Smith, The Panorama of Science and Art
    Synonyms:
    counterfissure

Questions about contrafissures

What is contrafissures the plural of?
Contrafissures is the plural of contrafissure.

Words near contrafissures in the dictionary

  1. contrafagottos
  2. contrafibularities
  3. contrafield
  4. contrafields
  5. contrafissure
  6. contrafissures
  7. contraflow
  8. contraflowing
  9. contraflows
  10. contrafreeload
  11. contrafreeloaded

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