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fissure

noun/ˈfɪʃə/

B2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A linear cleft or crack through the epidermis and into the dermis, often painful and prone to occur in thickened skin.

Painful fissures had developed on the heels as a result of the chronic hyperkeratosis.

Topic: Dermatology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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