diffission

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noun

The act of cleaving or splitting.

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Meanings

noundiffission (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of cleaving or splitting.

    The amount cleared by back-diffision depends on blood flow.

    1993, Robert Thayer Sataloff, Joseph Sataloff, Occupational Hearing Loss, page 468
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    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 on

    1899, Transactions of the Louisiana State Medical Society, page 200

    In HIE, WM lesions are characterized by hyperintense foci on T1WI [157] with or without restricthed ^([sic]) diffision [158].

    2019, Michelangelo Mancuso, Thomas Klopstock, Diagnosis and Management of Mitochondrial Disorders, page 309

Origin

See diffind.

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