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 fissure of Ro·lan·do /-roˈlæn(ˌ)do, ˈlɑn-/ 名詞

 Fis·sure n.  A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
 Cerebral fissures Anat., the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum.
 Fissure needle Surg., a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds. --Knight.
 Fissure of rolando Anat., the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.
 Fissure of Sylvius Anat., a deep cerebral fissure separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust. under Brain.
 Fissure vein Mining, a crack in the earth's surface filled with mineral matter. --Raymond.

 fissure of Rolando
      n : a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of
          both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal
          lobes [syn: Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus
          centralis]