Glaserian
(gleɪˈzɪərɪən)
Also Glasserian.
[f. Glaser, the name of a Swiss anatomist (died 1675).]
In Glas(s)erian fissure (see quot. 1854).
| 1840 G. Ellis Anat. 282 Above the membrana tympani, and rather in front of it, is the Glasserian or glenoid fissure. 1849–52 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 937/2 That part which is anterior to the glasserian fissure is lined with cartilage. 1854 Mayne Expos. Lex., Glasserian Fissure, term for the fissure which is situated between the squamous and petrous portions of the temporal bone, and in the glenoid cavity. |