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   com·mis·sure

   /ˈkäməˌSHo͝or/

   noun

   • 1. the joint between two bones.
   • 2. a band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
   • 3. the line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin commissura ‘junction’, from committere ‘join’ (see commit).

   Derivatives

   • 1. commissural adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

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