See Also: horizontal fissure of right lung(medicine)
horizontal fissure of cerebellum(medicine)
great horizontal fissure(medicine)
oblique fissure of lung(medicine)
transverse fissure of the lung(medicine)
horizontal(dictionary)
Horizontal(money)
Horizontal(medicine)
horizontal bar(encyclopedia)
Horizontal analysis(money)

nucleosynthesis (sh) and horizontal fissure of right lung (medicine)


nucleosynthesis (sh)




Production on a cosmic scale of all the chemical elements from one or perhaps two simple types of atomic nuclei (see nucleus), those of hydrogen and helium.

Elements differ in the number of protons and isotopes of each element by the number of neutrons in their nuclei. One type of nucleus can be transformed into another by adding or removing protons, neutrons, or both, processes that go on in stars. Many of the first 26 elements (up to iron) and their present cosmic abundances can be accounted for by successive nuclear fusion reactions, beginning with hydrogen, in stellar cores. Heavier elements are believed to be created in the death of stars during supernova explosions, by capture of successive neutrons by lighter nuclei and decay of some of these neutrons into protons (with ejection of an electron and a neutrino each time).


horizontal fissure of right lung (medicine)


horizontal fissure of right lung -->
transverse fissure of the lung


The deep fissure that separates the upper and middle lobes of the right lung.

Synonym: fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri, horizontal fissure of right lung, minor fissure.