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fissured
This term describes a surface broken by deep, narrow cracks and is most frequently encountered in geological and medical contexts. In geology, it suggests a structural failure or natural weathering of rock, while in medicine, it describes specific anatomical anomalies or pathological states, such as the grooves found in a fissured tongue.
Compared to "cracked," which can describe a superficial or accidental break in any material, "fissured" implies a more systemic, deep-seated, or structural division. It carries a clinical or scientific register and is rarely used in casual conversation to describe everyday objects.
Meanings
Characterized by deep grooves or clefts, typically in a biological or anatomical context.
Examples
The dry lake bed was completely fissured after the long drought.
Look at these fissured rocks along the cliff side.
My heels are so fissured from the winter cold that they bleed.
The ancient stone wall was fissured by centuries of erosion.
The brain has a highly fissured surface to increase its area.
The ground is all fissured here so be careful where you step.
The magma seeped through the fissured crust of the planet.