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Fissure vs Obturator - What's the difference?

fissure | obturator |

As nouns the difference between fissure and obturator

is that fissure is a crack or opening, as in a rock while obturator is an object used to obstruct a hole, such as a fissure of the palate.

As a verb fissure

is to split forming fissures.

fissure

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a crack or opening, as in a rock

    • Derived terms

    * fissure needle * fissure of Rolando * fissure of Sylvius * fissure vein

    Verb

    (fissur)
  • To split forming fissures.

    • Anagrams

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    obturator

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia obturator) (en noun)
  • (surgery) An object used to obstruct a hole, such as a fissure of the palate.
  • (engineering) Valve closure member (disk, gate, plug, etc.) (reference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) OM Code).
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