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scissions

scissions is the plural of scission.

Meaning of scission

Noun

scission (countable and uncountable, plural scissions)

  1. The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.
    • The resulting delamination of the two lipid monolayers causes a “lens” to form, the further growth of which creates a spherical droplet that is then released by scission at the neck.2012, Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Loose-leaf Version for Molecular Cell Biology, page 455

Questions about scissions

What is scissions the plural of?
Scissions is the plural of scission.

Words near scissions in the dictionary

  1. scissels
  2. scissible
  3. scissil
  4. scissile
  5. scission
  6. scissions
  7. scissiparity
  8. scissiparous
  9. scissor
  10. scissor binoculars
  11. scissor bite

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