commissure

/ˌkɑməˈʃʊər/
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Other forms: commissures

Definitions of commissure
  1. noun
    a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
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    types:
    corpus callosum
    a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
    type of:
    nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract
    a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
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