INCISURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incisura mean? 

• INCISURA (noun)
  The noun INCISURA has 1 sense:

1. (anatomy) a notch or small hollow

  Familiarity information: INCISURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCISURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) a notch or small hollow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

incisura; incisure

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

notch (a V-shaped indentation)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

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

mandibular notch (small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone)