fissured

fis·sure  (fshr)

n.

1. A long narrow opening; a crack or cleft.

2. The process of splitting or separating; division.

3. A separation into subgroups or factions; a schism.

4. Anatomy A normal groove or furrow, as in the liver or brain, that divides an organ into lobes or parts.

5. Medicine A break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a cracklike sore or ulcer.

intr. & tr.v. fis·sured, fis·sur·ing, fis·sures

To form a crack or cleft or cause a crack or cleft in.

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[Middle English, cut, from Old French, from Latin fissra, from fissus, split; see fissi-.]

Translations

fissured [ˈfɪʃəd] ADJ → agrietado

fissured

adj → rissig; (= with deep fissures) → zerklüftet