| fissure |
A cleft or groove (crack) in the surface of the skin.
Ãâó: www.ibdclub.org.uk/ibd_facts_glossary_fo.html
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| fistulous |
abnormal tubelike passage from a normal cavity or tube to a free surface or another cavity. Abcesses, injuries or inflammation can cause this.
Ãâó: homeoinfo.com/05_repertory/language/skin_eruption_...
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| fissure |
A tear in the surface of either the skin or the mucosa. In Crohn's disease the wall of the GI tract is afflicted with deep, crack-like ulcers or superficial tears in the anal canal which are called anal fissures.
Ãâó: www.crohnsresource.com/glossary.jsp
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| fistula |
A condition that occurs when 2 hollow sections, such as areas of the intestines, form an abnormal connection. In Crohn's disease sometimes ulcers channel through the gut wall to adjacent organs including the skin, bladder, vagina, intestine, and perianal areas.
Ãâó: www.crohnsresource.com/glossary.jsp
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| fission |
The splitting of high mass number nuclei by a variety of processes (usually involving neutrons) into two nuclei of smaller mass (usually radioactive) and releasing energy and more neutrons.
Ãâó: www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/centre/waisrc/OKLO/Access...
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