Middle English Dictionary Entry
fissūre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fissūre n. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Surg. (a) A cut or crack; lesion, rupture; (b) an incision.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)271/3 : Whanne þe bowels falliþ adoun þoruȝ a fissure..a brekynge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)6b/a : Of naylez..curuitee .i. crokednesse, ffissurez .i. cleuyngez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)63b/a : It is necessary þat þu swe togider þe fissurez .i. kynnez of þe flesh.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)70b/a : Of a wonde of þe heued made bi inscisioun..a litel fissure.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)92b/a : Fissurez or chynnez of lippez, þai ar cured wiþ þe vnguent.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)72a/b : Þat þer be made in it 2 fissurez, kuttyng hem after figure of a crosse.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)129a/a : For to kut þe skyn & strecch it & for to put in þe fissure .i. cleuyng lichiniez.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. fissure.