cisura

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin scissura.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈzu.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈzu.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: ci‧su‧ra

Noun

cisura f (plural cisuras)

1. incision (small cut)

   Synonyms: cesura, fissura

2. (anatomy) fissure, sulcus

   Synonyms: cissura, cesura, fissura, sulco

Derived terms

• cisura de Ecker
• cisura de Pansch
• cisura de Rolando
• cisura de Sílvio
• cisura de Templeton
• cisura lateral

Further reading

• “cisura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cisura”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cisura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin scissura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiˈsuɾa/ [θiˈsu.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siˈsuɾa/ [siˈsu.ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ci‧su‧ra

Noun

cisura f (plural cisuras)

1. incision (small cut)
2. (anatomy) fissure, sulcus

Derived terms

• cisura de Silvio
• cisura lateral

Further reading

• “cisura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025