COMMISSURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("commissure" is a kind of...):

nerve pathway; nerve tract; pathway; tract (a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commissure"):

corpus callosum (a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres)