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fissiparism

fissiparism noun: fission (splitting to form two daughter cells.).

Noun

fissiparism (uncountable)

  1. fission (splitting to form two daughter cells.)

Origin of fissiparism

See fissiparous + -ism.

Questions about fissiparism

What does fissiparism mean?
Fissiparism means fission (splitting to form two daughter cells.).
What part of speech is fissiparism?
Fissiparism is a noun.

Words near fissiparism in the dictionary

  1. fissionists
  2. fissionless
  3. fissionlike
  4. fissions
  5. fissiparation
  6. fissiparism
  7. fissiparities
  8. fissiparity
  9. fissiparous
  10. fissiparously
  11. fissiparousness

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