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diffission

diffission noun: the act of cleaving or splitting.

Noun

diffission (uncountable)

  1. The act of cleaving or splitting.
    • As we know, there cases of pleuris , even where there is great amount of diffision, with comparatively little dyspnea, and dyspnea is a treacherous symptom to base youself on1899, Transactions of the Louisiana State Medical Society, page 200
    • The amount cleared by back-diffision depends on blood flow.1993, Robert Thayer Sataloff, Joseph Sataloff, Occupational Hearing Loss, page 468

Origin of diffission

See diffind.

Questions about diffission

What does diffission mean?
Diffission means the act of cleaving or splitting.
What part of speech is diffission?
Diffission is a noun.

Words near diffission in the dictionary

  1. diffidentness
  2. Diffie-Hellman
  3. diffine
  4. diffing
  5. diffinitive
  6. diffission
  7. diffix
  8. diffixes
  9. difflation
  10. difflations
  11. Diffley

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