Piles vs. Fissure

Pilesnoun

A large amount of.

Pilesnoun

(pathology) Haemorrhoids.

Piles

The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]

Pilesnoun

pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter

Pilesnoun

a large number or amount;

Fissurenoun

A crack or opening, as in a rock.

Fissurenoun

(anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear; a sulcus.

Fissureverb

To split, forming fissures.

Fissurenoun

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

Fissureverb

To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

Fissurenoun

a long narrow depression in a surface

Fissurenoun

a long narrow opening

Fissurenoun

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

Fissureverb

break into fissures or fine cracks

Fissure

In anatomy, a fissure (Latin fissura, plural fissurae) is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear in various parts of the body. It is also generally called a sulcus, but this term can also reffer specifically to the analagous brain structure.